Pierrette
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Pierrette
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Pastor and co-author Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo point to growing interracial acceptance and political coalitions when Black and brown residents live in close proximity.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2022
When Marine was sixteen, her mother, Pierrette, left Jean-Marie for his biographer.
From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017
Pierrette had run off with her husband’s biographer, a magazine journalist who had been living, at Le Pen’s invitation, at the family home.
From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2017
She’s wearing a lacy dress, high heels and full whiteface: a modern-day Pierrette.
From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2015
The captain of the Jeune Pierrette sent one of his sailors to tell me.
From One-Act Plays By Modern Authors by Various
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