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 Season 1, Han donned a red dress at the debutante ball.
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Bryan West, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Jeremiah leaves, and Belly is left to go through her things in her bedroom at Cousins, reminiscing on special moments with Susannah and her mom, like getting her big girl bed and wearing the white debutante dress.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
My wedding-dress moment came at a Southern debutante ball.
—Jessica Cruel, SELF, 29 July 2025
Which begs the question: Did Whelchel have her own coming out debutante ball while growing up?
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 June 2025
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Bryan West, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Jeremiah leaves, and Belly is left to go through her things in her bedroom at Cousins, reminiscing on special moments with Susannah and her mom, like getting her big girl bed and wearing the white debutante dress.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
My wedding-dress moment came at a Southern debutante ball.
—Jessica Cruel, SELF, 29 July 2025
Which begs the question: Did Whelchel have her own coming out debutante ball while growing up?
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debutante
Noun
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Lucia Balordi as Nastasia, Ellen’s ladies’ maid who has become a close friend and confidant.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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Burnett was content to mine references from her own Depression-era youth; her famous maid character, the Charwoman, who became something of a show mascot, harked back to Chaplin’s Little Tramp, wearing a rumpled outfit and performing silent reveries.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The editors were cutting together the scene when Cole finds the ghost of a dead girl named Kyra, played by Mischa Barton.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Sep. 2025
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The 5-foot-1-inch singer with a very big voice is due to give birth to her first child, a girl, in two weeks.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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According to Castro, nuns, who were supposed to be professional virgins—no Duke of Monmouth for them—could try bloodletting or enemas for a cure.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Sep. 2025
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Shin Soon-ae died a virgin and believes her unfinished ghost business is to get laid.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To your point about Christine being the Platonic ingenue — 100 percent.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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For months, Eline Van der Velden, founder of AI production studio Particle6, had been taking meetings around town and introducing her ingenue, Tilly Norwood.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For Burna Boy, his maiden top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs comes via his second appearance.—
Trevor Anderson,
Billboard,
17 Sep. 2025
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American teen Iva Jovic became the youngest champion on the women’s tennis tour this season after the 17-year-old won her maiden singles title at the Guadalajara Open.—
Manasi Pathak,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 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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Still, a high deb burden remains a key risk factor.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2024
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“Debutante.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debutante. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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