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)
Example Sentences
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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
The landowner from Tula, in a benignant, fatherly way, gave him a lecture, while the jeune premier listened and smiled meekly.
From The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
"I must go home!" the jeune premier heard.
From The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
I do not mean that it is a novel without a jeune premier, a young man to make love; Pickwick is that and Oliver Twist, and, perhaps, The Old Curiosity Shop.
From Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Mercedes, of course, was leading lady; Monsieur and Madame Denis were the heavy parents; and a gentlemanlike young mouse named Leander was jeune premier.
From Grey Roses by Henry Harland
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