: 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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Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
The proposal was so last-minute, DiMaggio didn’t give the starlet a ring until the ceremony itself.
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The backstory At the height of its popularity in the 1950s and ’60s, Asteria—meaning ‘stars’ in Greek—was a playground for socialites and starlets.
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Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
The proposal was so last-minute, DiMaggio didn’t give the starlet a ring until the ceremony itself.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 13 Apr. 2026
And across the pond, starlet Rio Ngumoha became Liverpool’s youngest-ever scorer at Anfield.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
The backstory At the height of its popularity in the 1950s and ’60s, Asteria—meaning ‘stars’ in Greek—was a playground for socialites and starlets.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
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 30 Apr. 2026.
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starlet
noun
star·let
ˈstär-lət 
: a young movie actress
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