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ma⋅jor⋅ette

  [mey-juh-ret]
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–noun
drum majorette.
Origin:
1940–45, Americanism; ( drum ) major + -ette
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drum majorette

 
–noun
1. a girl or woman who leads a marching band or drum corps.
2. a girl or woman who twirls a baton with a marching band or drum corps.
Also called majorette.

Origin:
1935–40, Americanism

Usage note:
See -ette.
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ma·jor·ette   (mā'jə-rět')   
n.  A drum majorette.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

majorette 
"baton-twirler," 1941, originally drum-majorette (1938), fem. of drum-major (1598).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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