socialiten.
/ˈsəʊʃəlʌɪt/, /ˈsəʊʃl̩ʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈsoʊʃəˌlaɪt/ Originally U.S. colloquial.
A person who is prominent in fashionable or wealthy society; a person who is fond of social activities and entertainment.
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society > leisure > social event > [noun] > participant
man (also woman, etc.) about town1734
racketer1753
social butterfly1837
socialite1909
socializer1941
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of
(man, woman) of fashion1702
fashionablea1800
taste-meter1814
presentee1822
societarian1841
viveur1845
fashion-fly1868
socialite1909
celebutante1939
jet-setter1959
Sloanie1982
1909 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 20 June 31/1 Here the ultra socialites were wont to gather at the bidding of the lovely daughter of the house.
1944 R. Manvell Film ii. vi. 139 I do not think a working girl should take her standards from a socialite.
1960 Harper's Bazaar July 19/1 Private citizens in the socialite belt even distribute matches bearing their own monograms.
1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Sept. 1000/4 Although a professional naturalist.., he [sc. Victor Jacquemont] was by nature something of a dilettante and very much a socialite.
2004 R. C. Davis & G. R. Marvin Venice, Tourist Maze ix. 222 The Venetians..have protested that all this partying..is turning their city into the frivolous plaything of shallow socialites.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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