deb|u|tante

deb|u|tante
deb|u|tante or dé|bu|tante «DEHB yuh tahnt, -tant; DEHB yuh TAHNT», noun.
1. a young woman during her first season in society: »

For five or six years he had been escorting debutantes to parties in St. Louis (New Yorker).

2. a woman making a debut.
[< French débutante (originally) feminine present participle of débuter; see etym. under debut (Cf.debut)]

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  • deb·u·tante — /ˈdɛbjʊˌtɑːnt/ noun, pl tantes [count] : 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 …   Useful english dictionary

  • post|deb|u|tante — «pohst DEHB yuh tahnt, tant; POHST dehb yuh TAHNT», noun. a girl who is past her first formal appearance, in society …   Useful english dictionary

  • sub|deb|u|tante — «suhb DEHB yuh tahnt, tant; suhb DEHB yuh TAHNT», noun. a young girl soon to make her debut in society. ╂[American English < sub + debutante] …   Useful english dictionary

  • tante — deb·u·tante; con·cer·tante; dil·et·tante; …   English syllables

  • deb — ar·deb; deb·el·la·tion; deb·ile; deb·it·able; deb·i·teuse; deb·i·tum; deb·o·nair; deb·o·nair·ness; deb·u·tant; deb·u·tante; sub·deb; deb·by; deb; deb·it; deb·o·naire; deb·o·nair·ly; …   English syllables

  • deb — n 1. a debutante; a young girl being intro duced into the social season. Although principally identified with an upper class London milieu, the adoption of debu tante, French for beginner , may have occurred in the USA in the first decade of the… …   Contemporary slang

  • dé|bu|tante — deb|u|tante or dé|bu|tante «DEHB yuh tahnt, tant; DEHB yuh TAHNT», noun. 1. a young woman during her first season in society: »For five or six years he had been escorting debutantes to parties in St. Louis (New Yorker). 2. a woman making a debut …   Useful english dictionary

  • ce|leb|u|tante — «suh LEHB yuh tahnt, tant», noun. a young woman who becomes a celebrity on her first appearance in society or in the arts. ╂[< celeb (rity) + (deb)utante] …   Useful english dictionary

  • debutante — deb·u·tante …   English syllables

  • debutante — deb•u•tante or déb•u•tante [[t]ˈdɛb yʊˌtɑnt[/t]] n. a young woman making a debut into society • Etymology: 1795–1805; < F; fem. of débutant …   From formal English to slang

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