Meanings
noundébutante (plural débutantes)
plural débutantes · alternative debutante · alternative debûtante
- A female who débuts.
A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
Origin
- Frenchdébutante
- Englishdébutante
Borrowed from French débutante, feminine form of débutant.
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APA
débutante. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9butante
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“débutante.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9butante. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “débutante,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9butante.
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