Debutante

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

debutante
    n 1: a young woman making her debut into society [syn:
         {debutante}, {deb}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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