debutante

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 This year's debutantes included Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's daughter Apple Martin, Sophia Loren's granddaughter Lucia Sofia Ponti and other impressive young women with royal titles and standings. Esther Kang, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024 This year's debutantes included Sophie, Apple Martin and other intelligent and well-traveled young women with impressive titles. Esther Kang, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024 The 2024 debutantes, including Lucia Ponti on the front row, center. Emma Bocchi, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024 Apple Martin has faced an influx of criticism following a viral video of her and another young woman at their debutante ball. Charna Flam, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for debutante
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Noun
  • Later, a tracking shot outside the Bennets’ house at night glides from window to window, glimpsing the parents, then the sisters in their rooms, and also one of the maids walking up a flight of stairs singing a love song to herself.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Last month, four Ugandan women in maids’ uniforms sent a video plea to an aid group, saying that they had been detained for six months in Saudi Arabia.
    Kiana Hayeri, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The idea behind the scene was that Piper, in addition to proving her mother right with her disappointment about the monastery, had also taken it to heart when her brother Saxon mocked her for being a virgin in an earlier episode.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Deadline is hearing the script is about Delaney Pitts, a nerdy teenage virgin who has a secret online life as an erotic fan fiction author.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But Demi losing to an ingenue was a perfect Substance-worthy twist in itself.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The Academy loves a young ingenue, and so the narrative supporting her potential win on Oscar night has also had momentum.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • What To Know Jones, 34, resides in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and has used her maiden and married names in voter registration and court documents.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • On February 27, 1812, the twenty-four-year-old poet George Gordon Byron rose in the House of Lords to deliver his maiden speech.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Still, a high deb burden remains a key risk factor.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • 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 3 May. 2025.

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