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celebutantes

celebutantes is the plural of celebutante.

Meaning of celebutante

Noun

celebutante (plural celebutantes)

  1. A young, usually female socialite, especially one of limited accomplishment, who is the focus of sufficient media attention and public interest to be regarded as a celebrity.
    • Lisa Edelstein, a nice girl from a New Jersey suburb, is explaining how she got to be Lisa E., New York's reigning Queen of the Night, Girl of the Moment, new Edie Sedgwick and top "celebutante" of 1986. "Being a celebutante means you're famous for not really doing anything," the 20-year-old says....1986 November 9, Maureen Dowd, “Lisa in Wonderland: Creating her own celebrity”, in New York Times, sec. 6, page 32

Questions about celebutantes

What is celebutantes the plural of?
Celebutantes is the plural of celebutante.

Words near celebutantes in the dictionary

  1. celebrityville
  2. celebrous
  3. celebs
  4. celebutant
  5. celebutante
  6. celebutantes
  7. celebutants
  8. celebutard
  9. celebutards
  10. celecoxib
  11. celecoxibs

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