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débutante

/deɪb(j)utɑnt/ UK

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Borrowed from French débutante, feminine form of débutant.

noun débutantes · debutante · debûtante

A female who débuts. 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.

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"débutante." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/d%C3%A9butante. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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débutante. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/d%C3%A9butante

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"débutante." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/d%C3%A9butante.

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@misc{de_butante_2026,
  title = {débutante},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/d%C3%A9butante},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}