debutante

noun
🔊/ˈdebjuːtɑːnt/
🔊/ˈdebjuːtɑːnt/
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  1. (also informal deb)
    (especially in the past) a young, rich or upper-class woman who is going to fashionable social events for the first time 首次进入上流社交场合的富家年轻女子
  2. a woman who is making her first public appearance, especially in sport or films; a female debutant
    • The film, released on 15th July, also stars debutante Diana Penty.这部电影于7月15日发行,还出演了首演的戴安娜·潘蒂(Diana Penty)。
  3. Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French débutante (feminine) ‘leading off’, from the verb débuter.