jet set
noun
a fashionable social set composed of wealthy people who travel frequently by jetliner to parties and resorts.
jet-setter
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a word derived from
jet set.
Example Sentences
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His maternal grandfather, Mr. Agnelli, who died in 2003, was midcentury Europe’s quintessential jet-setter and playboy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2016
He became a jet-setter, partying in Las Vegas nightclubs, buying luxury properties on both U.S. coasts, amassing a collection of modern art and befriending Hollywood celebrities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2016
If winter finds Lauren walking the beach, the Jeffrey Rüdes man is idealized as a jet-setter who's probably looking down on the landscape as he flies off to a cosmopolitan locale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2016
Over the next few decades, the sedan became a key staple in jet-setter mansion driveways and outside glittering Hollywood premieres; Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Clark Gable all owned their own keys.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2015
Instead of a gray, shadowy figure, here was spy as glamorous jet-setter.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2012
