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Definition of Debutants
1. debutant [n] - See also: debutant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Debutants
Literary usage of Debutants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1880)
"... Weigl, who, always hostile to young debutants, had only given this piece under
the conviction that it would have no success. ..."
2. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1862)
"At a later period the Latin psalms were given up, and the debutants were allowed
... It wns tbe custom for debutants to appear first on the stage in short ..."
3. The Musical World (1875)
"Familiar operas and well-known artists have had their merits appraised already ;
while with regard to new works and debutants, the proof of the pudding is ..."
4. History of North Carolina: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time by John Wheeler Moore (1880)
"... strife renewed under Mr. Adams' administration—Assembly of 1826—debutants of
the session—Judges Strange and Martin in place of Paxton, dead, and Nash, ..."
5. Ninety Days' Worth of Europe by Edward Everett Hale (1861)
"The debutants are not necessarily what we call by that name; but they are candidates
for engagements here. A fortnight ago, a majority of the subscribers ..."
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