drum majorette
Americannoun
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a girl or woman who leads a marching band or drum corps.
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a girl or woman who twirls a baton with a marching band or drum corps.
noun
Gender
See -ette.
Etymology
Origin of drum majorette
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
Example Sentences
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“Who on earth would follow this drum majorette into battle?” she asks after watching a 17-year-old Seberg, brandishing a sword.
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2020
The camera dollies up to a drum majorette who taps out a count, mean-mugs for a moment, and then blows her whistle to summon the demi-deity known as Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.
From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2019
For the club-wielding routine, think drum majorette meets juggler.“ Similarly, behold how Slate recently declared synchronized swimming the “most ridiculous Olympic sport” even while acknowledging it “definitely counts as an athletic activity.”
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2012
When a chorus of 19,000 children and adults gathered in the Dam to serenade her, 68-year-old Queen Wilhelmina could be seen plainly on the palace balcony, waving her hands like a drum majorette.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the '20s, somebody dreamed up the idea of leading off the band with a female drum major, and the drum majorette was born.
From Time Magazine Archive
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