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 of debutante
In particular, Maeve bemoans the annual debutante ball, which Taylah dreams of attending.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms 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
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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
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The thesis addressed how oral storytelling on La Llorona floated between depictions of her as either a virgin or a harlot and the impacts these characterizations in movies had on Latina identity.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 27 Oct. 2024
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Gina Rodriguez stars as Jane Villanueva, a religious, 23-year-old virgin who somehow becomes pregnant.Jenna Ryu, SELF, 21 Oct. 2024
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It’s been one of the difficult things as a young woman in Hollywood that was often [being] put in the ingenue category.Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
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Take Jean Simmons — the original one — who’d burst onto the scene as an ingenue in the postwar era, starring in classics like Guys and Dolls and Spartacus.Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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The queen opened the show with a red gown made of fringe then the maidens entered with a golden belt around their waists.Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 31 Oct. 2024
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On Wednesday morning, just hours before Reeves delivered her maiden speech, British newspapers ran a picture of the Chancellor at work in her Downing Street office.Samantha Conti, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
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Now every nubile deb has her eye on him, and our poor heroine doesn’t seem to stand a chance.Judy Berman, TIME, 16 May 2024
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The debutante fashion show is a requirement for the girls to complete the personal development part of the 16-month deb program.Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, 3 June 2019
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“Debutante.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debutante. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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