Thesaurus results for DEBUTANTE

debutante

noun

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 on the Web In particular, Maeve bemoans the annual debutante ball, which Taylah dreams of attending. —

Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Pic has awareness because of Wilson’s highly public dispute with her producers, but insiders say there is a real film here, a musical about a town’s annual debutante ball that has satirical overtones. —

Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024 Brown didn’t try to integrate a traditional score but rather to voice as distinctly as possible the show’s competing populations of affluent middle-aged women, Black debutantes, gay lovers, spiritual seekers and, of course, the cabaret stylings of M’Lady herself. —

Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2024 The quintessential presentation of the debutante by male escorts, for example, drew the criticism of those in training. —

Isabel Yip, NBC News, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for debutante

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Coward also pokes fun at the power struggle between the upper and lower classes as Julia tries and fails to keep the help, the officious maid Saunders (a hilarious turn by Cindy Goldfield), in her place.

Karen D'Souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
In the show’s fourth season, Gretchen Rossi had a garage sale, Keough went shopping with her daughter at H&M (oh, the shame!), and Tamra Judge had to fire her maid.

Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024