debutante
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debutante (plural debutantes)
- A young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society.
- Synonym: (informal) deb
- A female debutant, especially in sport and entertainment.
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young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society
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female debutant
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Further reading edit
- debutante on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “debutante”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French débutante or from debutant + -e.
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debutante f (plural debutantes, masculine debutant)
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debutante m or f (plural debutantes)
Noun edit
debutante m or f by sense (plural debutantes)
- beginner, first-timer
- debutant (especially a girl celebrating her fifteenth birthday)
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Adjective edit
debutante m or f (masculine and feminine plural debutantes)
Noun edit
debutante m or f by sense (plural debutantes)
Further reading edit
- “debutante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014