majorette
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of majorette
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; (drum) major + -ette
Example Sentences
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I was a baton-twirling majorette in high school and a competitive twirler with many awards.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Kent State, California and San Diego State are among the schools that have all-Black majorette teams.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2022
In majorette, Lang didn’t just see women who looked like her dancing, she saw Black women who loved to dance.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2022
After watching the Divas’ viral dance video, Amiah Joyner, a business economics student at UCLA, asked them to help start a majorette team at her school.
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2022
Like a majorette before the ever-shifting sidewalk crowd, I smiled during performances, and in Japanese dancing that is equivalent to a concert violinist walking onstage in a bathing suit.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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