‖ pierrette
(pɪəˈrɛt, pjɛˈrɛt)
[F., fem. dim. of Pierre Peter, corresponding to pierrot.]
A female member of a company of pierrots.
| 1888 Pall Mall G. 9 Mar. 6/1 His pierrettes, his ballet-girls, and his eighteenth-century Sir Roger-de-Coverley dancers. 1889 Ibid. 7 Mar. 3/1 (Carnival at Nice) Mysterious dominoes and masks, excited pierrots and pierrettes, pretty figures, short skirts..have been the order of the day. |