debutante

Definitions of debutante
  1. noun
    a young woman making her debut into society
    synonyms: debutant
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    type of:
    Mevr., dame, gleuf, gleufdier, juffrouw, mens, mevrouw, mokkel, mw., tante, vrouw, vrouwmens, vrouwspersoon, wijf, wijfie
    an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
  2. noun
    a person who founds or establishes some institution
    synonyms: bedenker, beginneling, beginner, debutant, nieuweling, nieuwkomer, peetvader
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    types:
    mede-oprichter
    one of a group of founders
    kolonisator
    someone who helps to found a colony
    type of:
    initiatiefnemer, initiator
    someone who creates new things
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