majorette
pronunciation
How to pronounce majorette in British English:
UK [ˌmeɪdʒəˈret]
How to pronounce majorette in American English:
US [ˌmedʒəˈrɛt]
Word Origin
- majorette (n.)
- "baton-twirler," 1941, short for drum-majorette (1938), fem. of drum-major (1590s). The perfect majorette is a pert, shapely, smiling extrovert, who loves big, noisy crowds and knows how to make those crowds love her. ["Life" magazine, Oct. 10, 1938] (The article notes that the activity "has been going on for about six years now").
Example
- 1. The drum majorette twirled her baton .
- 2. Saturday , I 'll be down in pickett judging the arkansas drum majorette contest .
- 3. If I sound stridently female about miss drum majorette , I don 't mean to be .
- 4. Diana raised her majorette 's baton ; her friends twirled their ribbons in the air .