socialite

American  

[soh-shuh-lahyt] / ˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪt /

noun

1. a socially prominent person.

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socialite British  

/ ˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪt /

noun

1. a person who is or seeks to be prominent in fashionable society

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Etymology

Origin of socialite

First recorded in 1925–30; social + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Andrew had reportedly been introduced to Kulibayev by Kazakh businesswoman and socialite Goga Ashkenazi, who has two children from an affair with the oligarch.

From BBC

Born Sept. 28, 1934, in Paris, the daughter of a Parisian factory owner and his socialite wife, Bardot and her younger sister were raised in a religious Catholic home.

From Los Angeles Times

He called himself the Fashion Whisperer of Boston and for years outfitted socialites and the wives of Red Sox players as a stylist at the city’s Saks Fifth Avenue store.

From The Wall Street Journal

An investigator’s job is to leave no stone unturned, no matter how distant from subject or crime, and Epstein dedicated his socialite life to amassing a heap of pebbles.

From The Wall Street Journal

Taken together, the slipcased set zooms in on the past quarter century of American womankind, rendered in 250 images of dancers, actors, astronauts, artists, politicians, farmers, writers, CEOs, philanthropists, soldiers, musicians, athletes, socialites and scientists.

From Los Angeles Times

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