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debutant Definition

debu·tant (debyo̵̅o̅ tänt′, -tant′; also deb′yo̵̅o̅ tänt, -tant)

noun

a person making a debut

Etymology: Fr débutant, prp. of débuter: see debut

debutant Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: Things might have been different had full debutant Jonathan Keaveny not scuffed his shot wide having rounded Marlon Beresford.
  • pass: With Miedzinski passing 16-year-old Danish debutant Jonas Raun, the resultant 7-2 advantage saw Swindon haul themselves back into the match.

Adjective modifier

  • young: He made the senior ranks when only 17 years 139 days old, then the club's youngest debutant.
  • old: Ted Doig is the oldest player to play for the Reds aged 41 years 165 days. He is also the oldest Reds debutant.
  • first: Our first debutant in a night crammed full of them, was Simon Jackson, with Luca on second guitar.
  • other: The other debutant was in the u/17 boys, Elijah Collins.
  • fellow: Roth co-wrote the screenplay with fellow debutant, Randy Pearlstein from a story by Roth.
  • impressive: Sri Sreesanth - otherwise another impressive debutant - dropped an easy one at cover when Pietersen was on 51.

Modifies a noun

  • goalkeeper: Paul Taylor struck the kick to the right but Marine's debutant goalkeeper, Mike Stewart, leaped to push the ball away.
  • keeper: Alex's debutant keeper Ben Williams, on loan from Manchester United, was kept very busy.

Used with adjective complement

  • include: The entire first-half team, which included debutant Jobi McAnuff, was brought off and replaced.

Noun used with modifier

  • league: Ruddy became Everton's fourth keeper in five games and second league debutant in 10 minutes.
  • race: Steve Chaplin's Mallock headed the next row, with race debutant Robert Beazer alongside.

Modifying Another Word

  • then: And a great piece of bowling from then debutant.

Preposition: of

  • evening: Arkady was our second debutant of the evening performing a cover of the Gary Jules song Mad World.
  • night: Sharon Ware I suspect Sharon was the 2nd debutant of the night.

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