jet set meaning: definition, quotations

jet set

noun

Idiomatic A social class of wealthy people who travel for pleasure.

And when the snow falls you're found in St. Moritz / With the others of the jet set / And you sip your Napoleon brandy / But you never get your lips wet, no you don't1969, Peter Sarstedt, “Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?”:
You should belong to the jet set / Fly your own private Learjet / But you worked in a grocery store / Every day you could afford to get away1975, Harpo, “Moviestar”:

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He had pleaded with her to come back to the yacht to discuss things away from the DJ and the cocktails and eavesdropping jet set, but she had turned on her spike heels and disappeared.2007, Tasmina Perry, Daddy's Girls, page 473:
Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique.2025 June 27, Michael M. Grynbaum, “The Concorde-and-Caviar Era of Condé Nast, When Magazines Ruled the Earth”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2025:

adj

Relating to the lifestyle of the jet set.

verb

To follow the lifestyle of the jet set.