blackette
blackette noun: a black-haired person, especially a woman.
Noun
blackette (plural blackettes)
- A black-haired person, especially a woman.
- It’s a sure thing you won’t find a sunnier, cheerier color. And it is beautiful for blondes or brunettes or blackettes—even redheads.1949 April 20, Pat White, “Teen Pan Alley: Play Tricks with Flowers – Yellow Tops Spring Colors”, in Evening Courier, sports final edition, volume 65, number 276, Camden, N.J., →OCLC, page 20, column...
- “O Judy!” the fair-haired Miss exclaimed, “Your black hair looks lovely!” and “O Madeline!” the raven-tressed one replied, “You’re a beautiful blond!” And sure enough Judy is and Madeline is. Brown-haired Miss Stell, attending school at Denton, is the blackette, and black-haired Miss Finch, a...1961 April 13, Frances C. Imon, “Letting the Chat Out of the Bag”, in Frances C. Imon, editor, The Southeast Oklahoman, volume XLI, number 15, Hugo, Okla.: Ennis M. DeWeese, →OCLC, page 2, column 5
- Synonyms:
- noirette
Examples of blackette in a sentence
- Brown-haired Miss Stell, attending school at Denton, is the blackette, and black-haired Miss Finch, a cosmetologist at Norman, is the blond.1961 April 13, Frances C. Imon, “Letting the Chat Out of the Bag”, in Frances C. Imon, editor, The Southeast Oklahoman, volume XLI, number...
- The top three are long-haired brunettes, blackettes actually, with brunette Liz Hurley trotting along in Gucci mules at number four.2000 November 12, Aine O’Connor, “Beauty reveals its new darker Corr”, in Sunday Independent, volume 95, number 45, Dublin, →ISSN, →OCLC...
- Well, I always love blackettes (I use this to distinguish women with black hair :o)2002 September 17, StainlessSteelRat, “Given a choice...”, in alt.fan.blade-runner (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Feb 2026:
- Maybe it's because I suspect that one reason a blonde was cast instead of the original brunette (blackette?) was to point out to the audience "Look!2003 May 8, Ulrich Schreitmueller, “Can't Get Rid of Horror”, in alt.horror (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Feb 2026:
Synonyms of blackette
Forms of blackette
| plural | blackettes |
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Origin of blackette
From black + -ette, after brunette.
Questions about blackette
- What does blackette mean?
- Blackette means a black-haired person, especially a woman.
- How do you use blackette in a sentence?
- Brown-haired Miss Stell, attending school at Denton, is the blackette, and black-haired Miss Finch, a cosmetologist at Norman, is the blond.
- What part of speech is blackette?
- Blackette is a noun.
- What is the plural of blackette?
- The plural of blackette is blackettes.
Words near blackette in the dictionary
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