as in nobles
someone who is well-known in fashionable society and is often seen at parties and other social events for wealthy people
Many of the city's socialites showed up for the premiere gala.
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Recent Examples of socialites
Today’s clients aren’t just heiresses and socialites—such as the archetypal ladies who lunched Nan Kempner and Lynn Wyatt—they’re young tech founders, wealthy aesthetes, and archivists.
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Chloe Russell Kent, Air Mail, 9 Aug. 2025
The story centers on a group of gun-toting socialites in the small town of Maple Brook, East Texas, known as The Hunting Wives.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Chloe Russell Kent, Air Mail, 9 Aug. 2025
The story centers on a group of gun-toting socialites in the small town of Maple Brook, East Texas, known as The Hunting Wives.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialites
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Because the company also operated a boutique in Paris, its customer base grew to include French and British nobles, plus North and South American millionaires.—
Kyle Roderick,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The mysterious spirit animal messengers that Ji-noo sends, a tiger and a magpie who represent the nobles and commoners of many Korean folk tales, needed to be otherworldly without being fully demonic.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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This elegant, hillside suburb has long attracted artists and aristocrats who built grand villas with sweeping views and filled them with art, books and furnishings.—
Livia Hengel,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Would England’s aristocrats vote to cut the Premier League?—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Socialites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialites. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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