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jet set

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noun
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

OTHER WORDS FROM jet set

jet-setter, noun
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Words related to jet set

high society, upper class, upper crust, blasé, cosmopolitan, fashionable, filthy rich, jaded, moneyed, sophisticated, worldly, urbane, beau monde, beautiful people, café society, crème de la crème, elite, gentlefolk, glitterati, haut monde

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

Derived forms of jet set

jet-setter, nounjet-setting, adjective
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