socialite

noun

so·​cial·​ite ˈsō-shə-ˌlīt How to pronounce socialite (audio)
: a socially prominent person

Examples of socialite in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With 25 charter members, Heterodoxy included individuals of diverse backgrounds, including lesbian and bisexual women, labor radicals and socialites, and artists and nurses. Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024 There is also wealthy socialite Dinah Donahue (Leslie Bibb), who will use any opportunity to get Evelyn out of her way. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024 The socialite shared an Instagram carousel featuring the mother-daughter duo's past and present moments together. Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024 The Oscar winner stars as a colorful, 1960s socialite in the new Apple TV+ comedy Allison Janney vividly recalls visiting her grandmother on Long Island as a child and watching her sashay around her beach club. Julie Jordan, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024 Libra: September 23 – October 22 True aesthetes at heart, Libras are the lovers, chameleons, and socialites of the Zodiac. Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2024 Another claims that Texas socialite Margaret Sames (a.k.a Margarita) created the cocktail at a party in Mexico in 1948. Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024 The presiding judge declined to dismiss murder charges against the socialite, who is accused of speeding through a marked crosswalk and striking and killing two boys. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024 The little girl joined brother Phoenix Barron, whom the socialite and her husband Carter Reum welcomed via a surrogate in January 2023. Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of socialite was in 1909

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“Socialite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialite. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

socialite

noun
so·​cial·​ite ˈsō-shə-ˌlīt How to pronounce socialite (audio)
: a person well-known in fashionable society

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