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debutante

[deb-yoo-tahnt, -tant] / ˈdɛb yʊˌtɑnt, -ˌtænt /
NOUN
young woman
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Once, his father offered him $100,000 to marry a local debutante.

From Washington Post

Hudson’s starting lineup Wednesday including seven debutantes and three others playing just their second game with the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

She dressed models as punked-up debutantes, thumbing her nose at the ruling classes.

From BBC

Mr. Butler was from a moneyed Chicago family, the Butlers of Butler Paper Corporation and Butler Aviation, and he was comfortable in the world of polo and debutantes and expensive clothes.

From New York Times

This ballroom was patterned after European halls that would have hosted gatherings for debutante society.

From New York Times