Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person (often a woman) of social prominence, considered to be an influential figure.

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  2. A person who goes to fashionable parties and is often written about in the newspapers, etc.

More definitions
  • a socially prominent person

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Ziri is a boring snobby socialite.

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  2. Layla is a socialite.

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  3. Tom was a huge socialite.

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  4. Mary is a wealthy socialite.

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  5. Layla was such a socialite.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
person of prominence and influence:

Origin

From social (“pertaining to high society”) + -ite, perhaps as a play on social light, in i

From social (“pertaining to high society”) + -ite, perhaps as a play on social light, in imitation of words in -ite.

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Forms

plural: socialites
Singularsocialite
Pluralsocialites

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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