socialite
Americannoun
noun
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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Example Sentences
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Zampolli is an Italian-American socialite, businessman and founder of a modelling agency, who claims to have introduced Trump to his current wife Melania Trump.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
France's far-right presidential hopeful Jordan Bardella is in a relationship with Italian socialite Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, according to celebrity magazine Paris Match.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
The socialite moved to the property just two years after her marriage to Trump ended after 15 years.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
She portrayed a spoiled socialite turned impoverished rural motel manager in “Schitt’s Creek.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 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
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