noun
- a young woman making her debut in society, typically at a formal ball or reception
Usage: informal; chiefly British and North American upper-class contexts
Examples
- She was presented as a deb at the annual charity ball.
- The deb wore an elegant white gown for her coming-out ceremony.
- Many debs from prominent families attended the season's social events.
- Her mother had been a deb in the 1960s.
- The deb season traditionally introduced young women to high society.