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jet set

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noun
  1. a fashionable social set composed of wealthy people who travel frequently by jetliner to parties and resorts.
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Origin of jet set

First recorded in 1950–55
Related formsjet-set·ter, noun
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  • Evidently, Hank decided, all of this dozen-odd cluster of youngsters were connected with the jet-set underground.

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    Dallas McCord Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for jet set

jet set

noun
    1. a rich and fashionable social set the members of which travel widely for pleasure
    2. (as modifier)jet-set travellers
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Derived Formsjet-setter, nounjet-setting, adjective
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