debutant

[ deb-yoo-tahnt, -yuh- ]

/ ˈdɛb yʊˌtɑnt, -yə- /

a person who makes a debut into a professional career or before the public.

Origin of debutant

1815–25; < French débutant, present participle of débuter. See debut, -ant

deburr, debus, debussy, debussy, claude, debut, debutant, debutante, debye, dec, dec-, dec.

He danced the prettiest pas seal that was ever footed by debutant on the hot iron plates of Purgatory.

Sandra Belloni, Complete |George Meredith
In the scene with his sister the debutant should say: 'Are you assured that Mr. Belcour gave you no diamonds?'

The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 5, November 1843 |Various
The debutant was known to be an admirer of the Hotspur of roaring Elrington.

Their Majesties' Servants (Volume 1 of 3) |John Doran
Not one of them attributed the expected multitude in any respect to the debutant in Hamlet, or the beauty of the Ophelia.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 437, March 1852 |Various

The young police agent to whom Gevrol abandoned what he thought an unnecessary investigation was a debutant in his profession.

Monsieur Lecoq, v.1 |Emile Gaboriau

debutant

/ (ˈdɛbjʊˌtɑːnt, -ˌtænt) /

a person who is making a first appearance in a particular capacity, such as a sportsperson playing in a first game for a team