majoretten.
/ˌmeɪdʒəˈrɛt/, U.S. /ˈˌmeɪdʒəˈˌrɛt/ Originally U.S.
= drum majorette n.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession > majorette
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1941 San Francisco Examiner 20 Apr. (Amer. Weekly section) 4/1 During the past few years the drum major..has given way to the so-called majorette.
1959 Times 30 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. xx/4 Each club has a band and a corps of bare-legged prancing girls called majorettes.
1977 Cornish Times 19 Aug. 4/1 The carnival procession..was headed by majorette Jackie Stitson and the Liskead Silver Band.
1981 B. Byars Cybil War 23 If someone offered to give you a Barbie doll with a majorette suit..would you get in the car with them?
1987 Internat. Skater Sept. 8/2 Props on the ice are forbidden as also are banners, canes and pom-poms, which Europeans so often identify with American ‘cheer teams’ and marching groups and majorettes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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