noun
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a young and inexperienced actress who is projected as a potential star
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a small star
Etymology
Origin of starlet
Example Sentences
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Aspen attorney Ron Austin, who was on Longet’s defense team, left his wife shortly after the trial concluded to be with the embattled starlet.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Some three weeks later, in February 1964, the Swedish starlet and the bespectacled Brit were married.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
It captures the swagger, charisma and impulsiveness with which Godard convinced financial backers and Hollywood starlet Jean Seberg to make a debut feature that had neither a script nor a workable filming schedule.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
It was a move that excited supporters in Suffolk, who were keen to see what the former Arsenal starlet could produce.
From BBC • May 24, 2025
I remembered what Lobel had said about the starlet, but it was silly.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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