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majorette

[ mey-juh-ret ]

majorette

/ ˌmeɪdʒəˈrɛt /

noun

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of majorette1

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; (drum) major + -ette
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Example Sentences

The 15-year-old King College Prep student’s death in 2013 may have never made headlines, except for the fact that she had performed as part of a majorette squad at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration just one week earlier.

From Time

She would have been a perfect ambassador, just as she was the perfect majorette on that doubly historic day in Washington.

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