4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: D'ebutant \D['e]`bu`tant"\, n.; fem. D'ebutante \D['e]`bu`tante"\ [F., p. pr. of d['e]buter to have the first throw, to make one's d['e]but. See {D['e]but}.] A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: D'ebutante \D['e]`bu`tante"\, fem. n. A young woman making her first appearance in society, especially one who is one of the honorees at a debutante cotillion. See {cotillion}[4]. [PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: debutante n : a young woman making her debut into society [syn: {deb}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 20 Moby Thesaurus words for "debutante": Beau Brummel, arbiter of fashion, clotheshorse, clubman, clubwoman, dandy, deb, fashion plate, fashionable, fop, man-about-town, mondain, mondaine, socialite, subdeb, subdebutante, swinger, taste-maker, tone-setter, trend-setter
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