socialite

noun

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

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The film follows a Cuban socialite, an English schoolteacher, and an Irish Catholic priest in Miami who spearhead a daring operation to help more than 14,000 children escape communist indoctrination and begin new lives in America — evading Castro’s secret police at every turn. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025 As the socialite posed in front of the cameras, draped in nothing but barely there pearls, Kris made sure to capture behind-the-scenes content of the shoot with her own digital camera. Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025 The Hunting Wives follows Sophie, who moves to East Texas and gets drawn into wealthy socialite Margo’s glamorous and dangerous world with her elite group of friends. Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2025 Unlike the legend in Shakespeare’s Hamlet — whose rejection by the Prince of Denmark sparks her unraveling — this fair-haired singing socialite will not be losing the plot. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for socialite

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First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

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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 24 Oct. 2025.

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socialite

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

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