socialite

noun

so·​cial·​ite ˈsō-shə-ˌlīt How to pronounce socialite (audio)
: a socially prominent person

Examples of socialite in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The 43-year-old entrepreneur and socialite shared her first photos of her infant daughter London on Instagram Friday. Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024 An exquisite wedding dress worn in the 1930s by Jazz Age New York socialite and actress Natalie Potter will be brought to life with an interactive interface specially designed for the show by OpenAI. Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024 Fashion designer Tracy Robbins and Argentine socialite Delfina Blaquier shared snaps of the treat on their social media profiles on April 15. Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024 In Samara, Russia’s ninth-largest city by population, those who came to remember Mr. Navalny were required to have their passports photographed before being allowed to place their flowers in the snow, according to Caution, News, an independent outlet run by a Russian socialite. Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024 Another will be devoted to Millicent Rogers, the early-20th-century socialite and philanthropist. Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024 When a transport of young white heiresses as part of a sting goes awry, the brothers decide to pose as the socialites during a weekend jaunt in the Hamptons themselves. Rivea Ruff, Essence, 5 Apr. 2024 Yet some of the most storied jewels are brooches, among them designs like the French jeweler Jean Schlumberger’s Bird on a Rock, introduced in 1965 and bought soon after by the taste-making American socialite and heiress Bunny Mellon. Guy Trebay, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024 With 25 charter members, Heterodoxy included individuals of diverse backgrounds, including lesbian and bisexual women, labor radicals and socialites, and artists and nurses. Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of socialite was in 1909

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“Socialite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialite. Accessed 2 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

socialite

noun
so·​cial·​ite ˈsō-shə-ˌlīt How to pronounce socialite (audio)
: a person well-known in fashionable society

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