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jet set

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

Origin:
1950–55


jet-setter, noun
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jet set  
n.  An international social set made up of wealthy people who travel from one fashionable place to another.
jet'-set' (jět'sět'), jet'-set'ting (-sět'ĭng) adj., jet setter n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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jet-set(ters)

  1. n.
    young and wealthy people who fly by jet from resort to resort. : The jet-set doesn't come here anymore.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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