selecta

British

/ sɪˈlɛktə /

noun

slang a disc jockey

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Etymology

Origin of selecta

C20: phonetic rendering of _selector

Example Sentences

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Possevinus published a Bibliotheca selecta and Apparatus sacer—of the former of which, the Cologne edition of 1607, folio, and of the latter, that of 1608, are esteemed the most complete.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

The important task of publishing them in that manner was at length undertaken by Dom Ruinart, a Maurist monk, in his Acta primorum martyrum sincera et selecta.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

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