noun
- a young woman making her formal entrance into society, typically at a special ball or presentation
Usage: formal; traditional social custom
Examples
- The debutante wore a white gown to her coming-out ball.
- She was presented as a debutante at the cotillion.
- The wealthy family’s daughter made her debut as a debutante last spring.
- Debutante balls are still held in some Southern cities.
- The young debutante curtsied before the assembled guests.
- Her grandmother had also been a debutante in the 1950s.