A woman of refined or decorous manners and character; (also) a fashionable woman. Also (ironic or depreciative): a woman who dresses ostentatiously…

colloquial. girl about (†the) town: †(a) a prostitute (obsolete); (b) (now usually with hyphens) a female who is constantly seen at fashionable…

A fashionable woman. Frequently in French contexts.

A woman of the highest fashion.

A woman who saunters around observing life and society; a leisurely woman about town. Cf. flâneur, n.

A woman who belongs to aristocratic or fashionable society; an élégante.

A woman of fashion. Cf. mondaine, n. Obsolete. rare.

French History. An extravagantly dressed Frenchwoman of the period of the Directory. Cf. merveilleuse, n. Obsolete. rare.

(Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of) an upper class and fashionable but conventional young woman in London. Also occasionally extended to any…

In plural, and often with capital initials, as Bright Young Things (also People). A fashionable social group within the younger generation of London…