as in maid
a young upper-class woman who has begun going to special parties where she will meet and be seen by other people from the upper class
The invitation-only event is a prized ticket for the city's debutantes.
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Recent Examples of debutante
In addition to her new lady in waiting Alice Mondrich (Emma Naomi), Queen Charlotte also now has a certain scribe to consult about gossip and shaping the debutante season.
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
The style hasn’t just been limited to campaign trail reporting, but has spread to stories on fashion, debutante balls — and even dog shows.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
Smith-Cameron will play Isadora, aka Izzy, the director of New York’s most prestigious debutante ball.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, fresh from her enchanting evening with Benedict, Sophie returns to everyday life serving the formidable Araminta Gun (Katie Leung) and her two debutante daughters, Rosamund (Michelle Mao) and Posy (Isabella Wei).
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
The style hasn’t just been limited to campaign trail reporting, but has spread to stories on fashion, debutante balls — and even dog shows.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
Smith-Cameron will play Isadora, aka Izzy, the director of New York’s most prestigious debutante ball.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, fresh from her enchanting evening with Benedict, Sophie returns to everyday life serving the formidable Araminta Gun (Katie Leung) and her two debutante daughters, Rosamund (Michelle Mao) and Posy (Isabella Wei).
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debutante
Noun
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Jol just wants to be an artist on the continent with his soul mate, the former lady’s maid.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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Beetz stars as Asia, a young woman who turns up on the stoop of a high-end Manhattan apartment building, the Virgil, answering an ad for a maid job.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The young girl is reading at a 12th-grade level and mastering math concepts such as fractions, decimals and even exponents.—
Jasmine Viel,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The dominance of the Montverde girls soccer team was obvious throughout the 2025-26 season and it’s certainly reflected in this year’s Sentinel All-Area soccer selections, as nine Eagles players made this list.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Additionally, Smart Linen is just 10 to 20 percent more expensive compared to virgin fibers when the price of virgin is at a low level.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Mar. 2026
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But fans of the myth of Erzsébet Báthory, who was accused circa the early 17th century of killing young virgins to bathe in their blood for her own beautification, might be let down by what’s ultimately a silly, madcap Vienna adventure.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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At one point, the Phantom and Christine, the ingenue and the object of his obsession, glide toward you in a gondola, crossing an underground lake.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Mar. 2026
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Yet in her disaster, a new ingenue steps into the spotlight.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
9 Feb. 2026
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The 24-year-old American is trying to become the first player since Craig Perks in 2002 to win in his Players Championship debut, and the first to make The Players his maiden career title on this tour since Tim Clark 16 years ago.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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The 2026 Miss Smiling Irish Eyes is Molly McKenna, and the court maidens Kennedy Kuntz and Sidney Hoover.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Kemper and her older sister (far left) posed with another deb dressed in pink, Reagan Sacks (far right), who brought some drama to the blush color in a tulle Schiaparelli gown.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
2 Dec. 2025
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The viral video showed Martin, dressed in custom blue Valentino, in a moment with another deb, French countess Aliénor Loppin de Montmort.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Debutante.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debutante. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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