jeune premier
Americannoun
plural
jeunes premiers-
the male juvenile lead in a play or movie.
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a young actor who plays such a role.
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
He continued to act as jeune premier until he was sixty, his grace, marvellous diction and passion enchanting his audiences.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
The jeune premier turned round, said a few words, and with an air of being unable to remain in a house where he was insulted, took his cap and made off without saying good-bye.
From The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance
On his way home the jeune premier smiled contemptuously and shrugged his shoulders, but when he reached his hotel room and stretched himself on his sofa he felt exceedingly uneasy.
From The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance
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 Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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