majorette orig. U.S.
(meɪdʒəˈrɛt)
[f. major n.1 + -ette.]
= drum-majorette.
| 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. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride (1967) 122/1 The majorette is no man beater. 1959 Times 30 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. xx/4 Each club has a band and a corps of bare-legged prancing girls called majorettes. 1960 Wanganui (N.Z.) Photo News 13 Feb. 30 (caption) Coach of the Wanganui Majorettes. 1973 Sat. Rev. Society (U.S.) May 64/1 A bubbly ex-majorette named Linda. |