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Cinderella Definition

Cin·der·ella (sin′dər el′ə)

noun

  1. the title character of a fairy tale, a household drudge who, with the help of a fairy godmother, marries a prince
  2. a person or thing whose merit, value, or beauty is for a time unrecognized

Etymology: cinder + dim. suffix -ella: like Fr Cendrillon (dim. < cendre, ashes), a partial transl. of Ger Aschenbrödel, lit., scullion (< asche, ash + brodeln, bubble up, brew)

adjective

resembling Cinderella in being elevated suddenly to a position of honor, glory, etc. a Cinderella team in a basketball tournament
Cinderella Quotes

If Imade Cinderella, theaudience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.

—Hitchcock, SirAlfred Joseph

In the world today haute couture is one of the last repositories ofthemarvellous, and the couturiers thelast possessors of the wand of Cinderella's Fairy Godmother.

—Dior, Christian