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so·cial·ite

 (sō′shə-līt′)
n.
One prominent in fashionable society.
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socialite

(ˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪt)
n
a person who is or seeks to be prominent in fashionable society
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so•cial•ite

(ˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪt)

n.
a socially prominent person.
[1925–30]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.socialite - a socially prominent personsocialite - a socially prominent person    
important person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
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Translations

socialite

[ˈsəʊʃəlaɪt] Nfamosillo/a m/f (pej), vividor(a) m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

socialite

[ˈsəʊʃəlaɪt] npersonnalité f mondaine
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

socialite

n (inf)Angehörige(r) mfder Schickeria or der feinen Gesellschaft; (= man also)Salonlöwe m (inf); a London socialiteeine Figur der Londoner Schickeria
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

socialite

[ˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪt] npersona mondana
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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