deb‧u‧tante /ˈdebjʊtɑːnt/ (
also deb informal)
noun [countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: French;
Origin: débutante, from débuter; ⇒ debut1]
a young rich
upper-class woman who starts going to fashionable events as a way of being introduced to upper-class society
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