2. Noun. (plural of débutante) ¹
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Definition of Debutantes
1. debutante [n] - See also: debutante
Lexicographical Neighbors of Debutantes
Literary usage of Debutantes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Old-fashioned Woman: Primitive Fancies about the Sex by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (1913)
"Our debutantes are apt to be older to be sure than those elsewhere. Instead of
a year or two "abroad" or in a "finishing school," savage girls usually spend ..."
2. Good Manners by Eliza M ] [Lavin (1889)
"debutantes AND DEBUTS. THE well defined line which divides the time of a young
girl's entrance into society from the period preceding it, ..."