socialite
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socialites
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of socialite
Explanation
A socialite is someone who spends a lot of time in fashionable social circles. A socialite gets invited to all the best parties and says yes to all of them. When you talk to other people, you're being social. A socialite is a person who loves being social, especially in circles that are in the public eye. A socialite goes to the fanciest parties and the most expensive restaurants. A socialite dates famous people and goes where photographers can take their picture. A socialite is always making the scene. In many ways, socialites are the opposite of hermits or recluses.
Vocabulary lists containing socialite
We the People: Soc
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"First Love Language" by Stefany Valentine, Broken Hearts and Broken Homes–A Different Love Language
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Missing May
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Others argued that the shirt is too cheap-looking to be something Chao, who is every inch the wealthy socialite, would wear.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
A handsome plumber was as likely to get in as a couture-clad socialite; once inside, he might find himself chatting up Mick Jagger or dancing with Liza Minnelli.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Phil’s opening night was the Bowl opening night, suitable for conspicuous socialite picnicking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
His relationship with Italian socialite Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies has given him a glamorous edge, but he frequently references his modest upbringing.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The visit was the brainchild of Mrs. Marie Mattingly Meloney, a New York socialite and magazine entrepreneur who had been shocked to learn that Madame Curies research was hobbled by a meager supply of radium.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
And who knew that 19th-century San Francisco socialites ground up iridescent abalone shells and sprinkled them on their invitations?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Lawyers for Epstein's estate also handed over copies of his address book, which contained contact details from 1990 to 2019 for a host of celebrities, royals, fashion designers, business figures, socialites and politicians.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
Two 20-year-old socialites and besties abandon their lives in Los Angeles to live in rural, blue-collar America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
The politicians, socialites, and Catholic leaders present at the dinner didn’t take the joke well, but their groans weren’t nearly as scornful as the former First Lady’s reaction.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2024
May’s funeral turned Ob and me into temporary sort-of socialites, and we never really got the chance to howl and pull our hair out.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
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