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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Their friendship is put to the test when Ayman meets Sara, the daughter of a wealthy family, for whom his mother works as a maid.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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His painting shows a maid and two blue collar workers in the foreground with the modern city skyline behind them.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee
March 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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What kind of barbaric regime puts a school for little girls in a compound that used to be military?—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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For girls, Cheryl Miller still holds the most points scored at 41 when Riverside Poly won Division I in 1982 at the Oakland Coliseum over Los Gatos 77-44.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Founded in Italy by Alfonso Gautieri, Rossella Castagna and Emilio Parisini, the system focuses on enzymatic depolymerisation as a pathway to recycle polyester into virgin-equivalent inputs.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
5 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
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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 show is also virtually devoid of romantic escapades, a good thing since Dumas’ novel is filled with a lot of sentimental claptrap about fighting for defenseless women’s honor or seducing virtuous maidens or going to war due to the physical beauty of a monarch.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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The court maidens this year are Kennedy Kuntz and Sidney Hoover.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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 15 Mar. 2026.
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