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starlet

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noun/ˈstɑɹlɪt//ˈstɑːlɪt/
  1. 1

    A young actress with a promising career ahead of her.

    • There were other flapper-era starlets, of course—Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo—but they were poseurs by comparison.
  2. 2

    An accomplished and important supporting player in a sports team.

    • As Mourinho also entered the press room while most journalists were still watching the players’ lap of honour, nothing could be confirmed about the condition of Pogba, who scored United’s second goal and the Portuguese declined a chance to
  3. 3

    A small star.poetic

    • As I saw the love-light beam From her radiant eyes, more glorious far Than the starlet's nightly gleam :
    • The shimmering, shivering, trembling, twinkling starlet white, Dancy rays darteth down, showering blossoms of silvern light ;
adj
  1. 1

    Alternative form of starlit.alt-ofalternativerare

    • Through the starlet night, under the moon, they dreamed and loved.
    • King's single file column made good time as they took turns riding their horses in the crisp starlet night and leading their mounts by the reins while they walked over extremely rough terrain.

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