jet set


noun

a fashionable social set composed of wealthy people who travel frequently by jetliner to parties and resorts.

Origin of jet set

First recorded in 1950–55

OTHER WORDS FROM jet set

jet-set·ter, noun

Example sentences from the Web for jet set

  • Evidently, Hank decided, all of this dozen-odd cluster of youngsters were connected with the jet-set underground.

    Combat |Dallas McCord Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for jet set

jet set

noun

  1. a rich and fashionable social set the members of which travel widely for pleasure
  2. (as modifier)jet-set travellers

Derived forms of jet set

jet-setter, noun jet-setting, adjective