"socialite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsoʊʃəˌlaɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-socialite.wav [Southern-England] Forms: socialites [plural]
Etymology: From social (“pertaining to high society”) + -ite, perhaps as a play on social light, in imitation of words in -ite. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|social|ite|t1=pertaining to high society}} social (“pertaining to high society”) + -ite, {{m|en|-ite}} -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} socialite (plural socialites)
  1. A person (often a woman) of social prominence, considered to be an influential figure.
    Sense id: en-socialite-en-noun-zn0sP~cU
  2. A person who goes to fashionable parties and is often written about in the newspapers, etc. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-socialite-en-noun-eCjyG6T2 Disambiguation of People: 35 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ite Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ite: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (person of prominence and influence): socialite [feminine, masculine] (French), Gesellschaftsdame [feminine] (German), Salonlöwe [masculine] (German), sosialita (Indonesian), mondano [masculine] (Italian), mondana [feminine] (Italian), lew salonowy [masculine] (Polish), lwica salonowa [feminine] (Polish), socialite [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), socialaite [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), socialite [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'person of prominence and influence': 55 45

Inflected forms

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