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-ette (et)

  1. little statuette
  2. ☆ female [majorette]: as applied to persons, now often avoided as patronizing [suffragette]
  3. a substitute for leatherette

Etymology: Fr: see -et

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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