jeune premier
Americannoun
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jeunes premiers
plural
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the male juvenile lead in a play or movie.
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a young actor who plays such a role.
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Etymology
Origin of jeune premier
1850–55; < French: literally, young first (actor)
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As the stern father, he is all jutting chin and squints and false heartiness; he frets and preens like the jeune premier in a Feydeau farce.
From Time Magazine Archive
But our "jeune premier" in one sense has eclipsed every darling of the tragic or the comic muse.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Rolf Boldrewood
"Certainly!" rapped out the jeune premier, with a contemptuous gesture.
From The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
Ancoats always seems to me the jeune premier in his own play.
From Sir George Tressady — Volume II by Mrs. Humphry Ward
"Well, I see you have gone off your head," the jeune premier commented.
From The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
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