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Webster 1913 Edition

Debutante

‖

Déˊbuˊtant′

,

Noun.

; fem.

Déˊbuˊtante′

.

[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.