Word familyadjectivedebbynoundebutantdebutdebutante
deb·u·tante /ˈdebjʊtɑːnt/ (also deb informal) noun [countableC]
HIGH POSITION OR RANKa young richupper-class woman who starts going to fashionableevents as a way of being introduced to upper-class society 初次参加社交的上流社会年轻女子
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debutante• Young ladies being presented for the first time were known as debutantes.• She was the most famousdebutante of 1925.• It is a proper school, not just a training ground for debutantes.• One of this year's debutantes, Primrose was pretty but still far too much of a schoolgirl to interest Aubrey.• The young woman he saw was neither a giggling schoolgirl, a serenedebutante, nor a smiling fiancee.• In mid-September, she was one of ten debutantesinvited to join and choose the membership of the 1911 SewingCircle.
Origindebutante
(1800-1900)Frenchdébutante, from débuter; → DEBUT1