debutantenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdeb.juː.tɒnt/us/ˈdeb.juː.tɑːnt/also deba rich young woman who, especially in the past in Britain, went to a number of social events as a way of being introduced to other young people of high social rank:
a debutantes' ball
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Rich people
- beautiful
- capitalist
- county
- designer socialist
- elite
- haves
- jet-setter
- laird
- means
- nabob
- nob
- plutocracy
- rentier
- rich
- the beautiful people idiom
- the jet set
- toff
- well heeled
- well off
- yuppie
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