jet-setter

jet-setter

A wealthy individual who travels globally, especially by private jet, to frequent fashionable resorts, social events, and the like. Mark's dream of becoming a jet-setter finally came to fruition after he won the lottery. The TV show follows the lavish lifestyles of eight different jet-setters from around the world.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

jet-set(ters)

n. young and wealthy people who fly by jet from resort to resort. The jet-set doesn’t come here anymore.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • jet-setters
  • setter
  • the jet set
  • jet set
  • jet-set
  • jet-setting
  • be on the way in
  • be on the way out/in
  • vogue
  • the new black
References in periodicals archive
Cuddly gay jet-setter Steve Macfarlane is performing at the ViewTwo Gallery today (8.30pm) and Friday May 5.
Out About: Smooth operator
Jet-setter James Collins admitted the past week had taken its toll on the Cardiff players.
Collins coping with pace
Q I'M no jet-setter. I'm just an average no-frills Brummie, like Barry from Auf Wiedersehen Pet.
THE MAG: HERE TO HELP - Left cold by wife's dancing
JET-SETTER Mike Storey, pictured above, dashed toLondon this week to ``sell'' Liverpool to London investors.
TRADING GOSSIP
JET-SETTER Z Heather in the Tornado GR4 TAKE-OFF 3 Heather before the flight
JUST OARSOME; Olympic rower Heather's jet thrill
Suddenly, two women come into his life - Vera Farmiga as fellow jet-setter and potential love interest Alex Goran.
DVD REVIEWS
He has no time for personal commitments and doesn't have a girlfriend, but then he falls under the spell of a fellow jet-setter.
WIN ...tickets to see WIN Clooney's latest
Former beau Brian O'Driscoll; Millionaire Mark Kershaw travels the world to watch Formula 1 racing - pals say he has become very close to model Glenda; Gorgeous model Glenda, left, says she has heard the rumours linking her with businessman jet-setter Mark Kershaw, right, but insists they are 'friends - that's all'
Just good friends; .. SO WHAT IS IT ABOUT MILLIONAIRE'S SON MARK THAT GLENDA FINDS SO ENGAGING?
It's December 1999 and all the time, the clock is counting down to the Millennium Bug that will destroy the carefully laid plans that have made him a rich jet-setter.
LIVING: BOOKS: BOOK ENDS
SIMON O'Brien, the former Brookside star and jet-setter, is planning to move his cycle shop.
Former TV actor aims to saddle up for store move
On a business trip to the Caribbean he meets a rich jet-setter (Steve Martin) who asks him to deliver a package to his sister in New York.
Maze is just magic; THE SPANISH PRISONER
Jet-setter Ahlam was in London this week on a business trip.
Ahlam enjoys yet another pricey shopping spree before hitting the recording studio in London!
Paris Hilton Best American Friend Forever (ITV2, 8pm) IT'S a lonely life being an international jet-setter, part-time film star and full-time celebrity.
Paris needs buddy for life stateside; FriendlyFire
That's the formula for this bonkers new series as blonde jet-setter Paris does a UK version of the show that has already happened in America in which a clutch of wannabes compete to share the limelight and Always Be There for her.
Wanna be my friend? PARIS HILTON'S BRITISH BEST FRIEND THURS, ITV2, 9pm
IAIN Dowie may not be a high-flyer with Crystal Palace - but he has to be the biggest jet-setter in the Premiership.
Offside: Dowie is just plane crazy