Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a young woman making her debut into society;
[syn: debutante, deb]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
D'ebutant \D['e]`bu`tant"\, n.; fem. D'ebutante \D['e]`bu`tante"\ [F., p. pr. of d['e]buter to have the first throw, to make one's d['e]but. See D['e]but.] A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
D'ebutante \D['e]`bu`tante"\, fem. n. A young woman making her first appearance in society, especially one who is one of the honorees at a debutante cotillion. See cotillion[4]. [PJC]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "debutante": Beau Brummel, arbiter of fashion, clotheshorse, clubman, clubwoman, dandy, deb, fashion plate, fashionable, fop, man-about-town, mondain, mondaine, socialite, subdeb, subdebutante, swinger, taste-maker, tone-setter, trend-setter

