: a young movie actress being coached and publicized for starring roles
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She was a starlet in the 1940s.
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Along with those, names inspired by fictional and real-life starlets will also be in vogue.
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Anna Halkidis, Parents, 30 Dec. 2025
Brigitte Bardot, the enchanting French starlet with the marvelous pout who became a carefree icon of sexuality in the 1950s and ’60s after her liberated performance in the scandalous And God Created Woman, has died.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 28 Dec. 2025
Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father and deal with the starlet who dropped into the middle of their complex family dynamic.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2025
There’s nothing like a Barbie-pink sports bra to remind us that the spirit of the noughties starlet lives on.
—Olivia Allen, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2025
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Anna Halkidis, Parents, 30 Dec. 2025
Brigitte Bardot, the enchanting French starlet with the marvelous pout who became a carefree icon of sexuality in the 1950s and ’60s after her liberated performance in the scandalous And God Created Woman, has died.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 28 Dec. 2025
Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father and deal with the starlet who dropped into the middle of their complex family dynamic.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2025
There’s nothing like a Barbie-pink sports bra to remind us that the spirit of the noughties starlet lives on.
—Olivia Allen, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for starlet
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“Starlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starlet. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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starlet
noun
star·let
ˈstär-lət 
: a young movie actress
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