catherinette
catherinette is the alternative form of Catherinette.
Noun capitalized: Catherinette
Catherinette (plural Catherinettes)
- An unmarried woman over the age of 25 who lives in a country that celebrates the festival of Saint Catherine's Day for such women.
- Every Catherinette has received, by the first post, a Valentine card, with midget mob-cap and the pretty, doleful ribbons stuck on.1923, The Living Age - Volume 316, page 116
- Each shop elects a Catherinette, a model or designer or simple seamstress, unmarried and twenty-five years of age. I was the Catherinette of a shop where I worked.1929, Collier's - Volume 84, page lxiv
Forms of catherinette
| plural | catherinettes |
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| plural | Catherinettes |
Origin of catherinette
From the French.
Questions about catherinette
- What does catherinette mean?
- Catherinette means an unmarried woman over the age of 25 who lives in a country that celebrates the festival of Saint Catherine's Day for such women.
- What is catherinette the alternative form of?
- Catherinette is the alternative form of Catherinette.
- What part of speech is catherinette?
- Catherinette is a noun.
- What is the plural of catherinette?
- The plural of catherinette is catherinettes.
Words near catherinette in the dictionary
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