socialite
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thumb|Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by [[Thomas Gainsborough. Lady Georgiana Cavendish, (1757–1806), an English socialite from the late 18th century]] A socialite is a person, typically a woman from a wealthy or aristocratic background, who is prominent in high society. A socialite generally spends a significant amount of time attending various fashionable social gatherings, instead of having traditional employment.
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- Instance of
- occupation
- Part of
- high society
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- male form of label
- družabnik
- Commons category
- Socialites
- topic's main category
- Category:Socialites
- female form of label
- bywalczyni salonów
- different from
- celebrity
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Word history
- United Kingdom
- United States
- 18th and 19th centuries
- 21st century
- Gallery of notable socialites
- See also
- References
thumb|Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by [[Thomas Gainsborough. Lady Georgiana Cavendish, (1757–1806), an English socialite from the late 18th century]] A socialite is a person, typically a woman from a wealthy or aristocratic background, who is prominent in high society. A socialite generally spends a significant amount of time attending various fashionable social gatherings, instead of having traditional employment.
==Word history== The word socialite is first attested in 1909 in a Tennessee newspaper. It became popular by use in Time magazine in the 1920s.
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