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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

; fem.

[F., p. pr. of

débuter

to have the first throw, to make one’s

début

. See

A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public.

See also: debutante and debûtante

débutante ‎(plural débutantes)

A female who débuts.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter III”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
  
  A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.