starlet
- noun
- /ˈstɑːrlɪt/
- Literature
- A paparazzi lens has caught a blushing starlet on her birthday with some friends.
- Hollywood starlet
- young starlet
- movie starlet
Off he goes to the Med, to a yacht surrounded by starlets and bikini babes, drinking, smoking, carousing.
- Off he goes to the Med, to a yacht surrounded by starlets and bikini babes, drinking, smoking, carousing.
Examples
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And Marilyn Monroe had been one of these early starlets who had totally cultivated her public persona.
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Once, a wannabe starlet came to our table at the beach.
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I was nominated for Best New Starlet, like three months in.
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Now she sees herself as some kind of a starlet.
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"You look like a starlet," Jeff said bashfully.
Fiction book (1999) -
Hottest newbie starlet in the biz.
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First to qualify, as expected, the young Aussie Starlets.
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And here's your host, that international starlet of stage and screen, Miranda Monroe.
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Pete's a handsome fellow in his 30s, and Sandra's a pretty starlet in her mid-20s.
Fiction book (2001) -
After her breakout role in a popular film, the young actress was quickly labeled a starlet by the media.
Synonyms
A woman who performs in plays, films, or television
How Famous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Starlet comes from the familiar word star plus the small ending -let, which means 'little'. So a starlet is a 'little star' — a young actress who is starting to become a film star.