drum majorette
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7.8
- noun
- /drʌm ˌmædʒəˈrɛt/
:
majorette
Examples
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The drum majorette blows her whistle.
Fiction book (2000) -
The drum majorette barks, "Horns up!"
Fiction book (2000) -
Was it Candy Cane Lutz, the drum majorette with the big baton.
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The drum majorette blows her whistle, and the band falls into formation in the end zone, spaced across in a straight line from fence to fence.
Fiction book (2000) -
During the parade, the drum majorette led her team while twirling her baton gracefully.
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The talented drum majorette captivated the crowd with her energetic dance routine.
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As the drum majorette, she guided the marching band with her whistle and expert coordination.
Synonyms
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8.1
A person who twirls a baton in a marching band or parade
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5.6
A person who spins a baton in parades and shows
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6.5
A person who spins a thin stick and does tricks in parades or shows
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositional: 'drum' modifies 'majorette', so the phrase denotes a majorette who performs with or leads the drums/marching band. This follows a regular noun+modifier pattern with no idiomatic shift, so a learner who knows both constituent words can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Drum majorette comes from combining drum major, the leader at the front of a marching band, with the small, female ending -ette, so it creates the image of a woman leading the band. So, it means 'a female performer who leads or accompanies a marching band', often twirling a baton.