majorette

noun

ma·​jor·​ette ˌmā-jə-ˈret How to pronounce majorette (audio)

Examples of majorette in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Brianna Bursley is a majorette dancer for the East High School band. Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023 This was in the weeks following the high-profile killing of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, a high school band majorette who had performed at President Barack Obama’s inauguration shortly before her death. Annie Sweeney, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2021 Brianna, 17, joined the band’s majorette team while in elementary school with the help of her older brother, who also belonged to the band. Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023 Memorial Hall is filled almost to its 1,800 seat capacity, with former students, draped in the customary red and sky blue Hornet colors, band members, majorettes, and cheerleaders. Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2023 See the legacy Michele kookiness in the towering majorette feather hats and a silver Harry Styles-esque tinsel coat. Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023 Kent State, California and San Diego State are among the schools that have all-Black majorette teams. Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2022 At the desk would be someone Suzanne held in total awe: the owner’s daughter, a beautiful redhead who was a majorette in the band. John Kelly, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2022 Hadiya, a majorette, had performed just days before at festivities for his second inauguration. Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of majorette was in 1940

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“Majorette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/majorette. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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majorette

noun
ma·​jor·​ette ˌmā-jə-ˈret How to pronounce majorette (audio)
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