debutant:

(plural: ‘debutants‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘bu’ rhyme with the letters ‘beau’ in “beautiful”; female – debutante, with the same pronunciation as in ‘debutant’)

‘debut‘ = the first public/stage appearance of an actor, dancer, etc., the letter ‘t’ is silent

A ‘debutante’, also in short ‘deb’, means ‘a young woman of noble birth being introduced to the community or society formally for the first time, usually in a ‘ball’ (dance party) or ‘party’ (informal social gathering)

a person of some importance, such as a dancer, artist, painter, etc., who makes his(or her) first public appearance (debut), e.g. an actor acting for the first time in a film, a dancer giving his/her first public dance programme, a player playing for his team in a match for the first time, etc.

debutant Daniel Radcliffe, actor ‘Harry Potter’ sequel

e.g.

As an 11 year old debutant Daniel Radcliffe showed extreme balance in his acting in the film/movie “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”.

The coach is worried to send his team to the national championship because most of his players are teenage debutants who have no experience in playing championship matches.

Patricia looked stunning in her pale blue satin evening dress when she made her appearance as the debutante of last evening’s debutante ball.

a debutante (M) being lead into a debutant ball

For an article that explains what a ‘debutante ball’ is, please click here, and for an article that tells us what a debutante is, please click here. For an item of news that shows us how we find this word in our daily reading, please click here.
Note: ‘Debutant’ is also used as an adjective form, e.g. ‘debutant speech’, ‘debutant dresses’, ‘debutant models’, etc. For an article that discusses the use of ‘debutant’ as an adjective, please click here.

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