majorette
ma·jor·ette/ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒəˈɹɛt/noun
majorette is a noun meaning “A female dancer who twirls and performs stunts with a lightweight baton, whether as a solo, in a group of majorettes, or in the company of a marching…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-J-O-R-E-T-T-E and has 3 syllables (ma·jor·ette), and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of majorette is majorettes.
What does majorette mean?
noun
- 1
A female dancer who twirls and performs stunts with a lightweight baton, whether as a solo, in a group of majorettes, or in the company of a marching band.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce majorette?
- /ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒəˈɹɛt/
Majorette has 3 syllables, split ma·jor·ette in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of majorette
- majorettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is majorette?
Majorette appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Majorette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dancer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | majorette |
| German | Tanzmariechen, Gardetänzerin |
| Spanish | bastonera, cachiporrista, palillona, batonista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does majorette come from?
Short for drum majorette, equivalent to major + -ette. Doublet of marjoret.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).