DEBUTANTE


Meaning of DEBUTANTE in English

[informal] deb [noun] [C] - a rich young woman who, esp. in the past in Britain, went to a number of social events as a way of being introduced to other young people of high social ranka debutantes' ball(figurative) The newcomer, with the joyfulness of a debutante (= a person who is new to a situation or activity), beat the older woman in straight sets.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.