单词 | débutant |
释义 | débutantn. A male performer or speaker making his first appearance before the public. Also, a young woman who has recently ‘come out’ (see to come out 8c at come v. Phrasal verbs 1); also transferred and attributive; see also deb n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [noun] > types of performer pantomimus1589 amateur1757 figure1767 feature1801 débutant1824 warhorse1836 moke1890 trouper1890 chair-warmer1909 act1919 single1923 single act1952 warm-up man1959 warmer-up1960 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 282 The character was favourable to a debutant. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iv. i. 151 Under different circumstances from those which usually attend most political debutants. Derivatives débutante n. /debytɑ̃t/ [French feminine of the same] a female appearing for the first time before the public or in society. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > female > débutante débutante1801 rosebud1856 sub-debutante1887 sub-deb1916 deb1920 1801 Monthly Mirror Aug. 134 The amiable debûtante was called for after the play, and crowns were thrown upon the stage. 1817 U. Foscolo Let. 20 July in H. C. B. Campbell Journey to Florence (1951) 14 The..Adonises, who from February until today, the end of the London season, have discussed the ten thousand débutantes of London Society. 1837 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 42 343/1 Gentlemen are apt to dismiss all serious thoughts in addressing a very young débutante. 1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth 270 It was by far the prettiest débutante frock she had ever seen. 1903 Daily Chron. 20 June 8/4 The gauging of the skirt proclaims it a débutante among dresses. 1904 Daily Chron. 14 June 4/4 Lord Northampton's postponed ball for his débutante daughter. 1927 Sunday Express 10 July 10 It appears that her comments on society have roused the ire of the great army of debutantes... How the angry ‘debs’ propose to deal with their victim..I cannot imagine. 1971 Guardian 3 Feb. 11/3 Her recollections as a debutante—the coming out balls and the charity balls and the hunt balls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1801 |
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