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debutante

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++deb·u·tante /ˈdebjʊtɑːnt/ (also deb informal) noun [countable]  HIGH POSITION OR RANKa young rich upper-class woman who starts going to fashionable events 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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debutanteYoung ladies being presented for the first time were known as debutantes.She was the most famous debutante 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 serene debutante, nor a smiling fiancee.In mid-September, she was one of ten debutantes invited to join and choose the membership of the 1911 Sewing Circle.
Origin debutante (1800-1900) French débutante, from débuter; → DEBUT1
deb·u·tante nounChineseSyllable
young Corpus woman upper-class rich going who starts a


debutante
debutante /ˈdebjʊtɑːnt/ (also deb informal) noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: French
 Origin: débutante, from débuter; debut1
a young rich upper-class woman who starts going to fashionable events as a way of being introduced to upper-class society


debu·tanteBrE /ˈdebjutɑːnt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdebjutɑːnt/ 🔊 (also informal deb) nouna young, rich or upper-class woman who is going to fashionable social events for the first time 首次进入上流社交场合的富家年轻女子