plus-one
noun
: a person who accompanies an invited guest to an event or gathering at which guests are allowed to bring a companion or partner
My husband twice received handsome engraved invitations to presidential dinners. For those events and many others, I was the perpetual plus-one.—
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Echoing Vallario, Hoover knew that Burch and Derek Blasberg, the hosts—both of whom are parents—wouldn’t bat an eye at a tiny plus-one.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2025
Sheryl Lee Ralph brought her husband of 20 years, Vincent Hughes, as her plus-one to MPTF's An Evening Before.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
And there’s also the suggestion that Michaela believes Simone is betraying the feminist cause by settling at such a young age for the role of plus-one to a wealthy man who treats his relationships like a transaction.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The young woman who knocked Mathias unconscious without laying a hand on him is Claude (Nadia Tereszkiewicz, of The Crime Is Mine), who came to the party reluctantly, the plus-one of her gallerist husband, Pierre (Jeremy Lewin).
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2025
Sheryl Lee Ralph brought her husband of 20 years, Vincent Hughes, as her plus-one to MPTF's An Evening Before.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
And there’s also the suggestion that Michaela believes Simone is betraying the feminist cause by settling at such a young age for the role of plus-one to a wealthy man who treats his relationships like a transaction.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The young woman who knocked Mathias unconscious without laying a hand on him is Claude (Nadia Tereszkiewicz, of The Crime Is Mine), who came to the party reluctantly, the plus-one of her gallerist husband, Pierre (Jeremy Lewin).
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Plus-one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plus-one. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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