as in noble
someone who is well-known in fashionable society and is often seen at parties and other social events for wealthy people
Many of the city's socialites showed up for the premiere gala.
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Celebrities and socialites crammed together on couches.
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Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
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Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
Eight months after McClinton Sullivan's death, Sullivan married a Palm Beach socialite named Suki Rogers.
—Hilda Dzietror, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
This transit brings out your inner socialite, and your charm is also dialed up a notch.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Nov. 2024
Greta Gerwig on how old Hollywood and disco inspired Barbie
The only series leaving the platform in November is Shahs of Sunset, Bravo's opulent reality series following a group of jetset Persian-American socialites.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Socialite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialite. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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