socialite
Meanings
noun
- A person (often a woman) of social prominence, considered to be an influential figure.
- A person who goes to fashionable parties and is often written about in the newspapers, etc.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From social (“pertaining to high society”) + -ite, perhaps as a play on social light, in imitation of words in -ite.
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