"leaderette" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leaderettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From leader + -ette. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|leader|-ette<id:diminutive>|text=+|tree=1}} From leader + -ette., {{ety|en|:af|leader|-ette<id:diminutive>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *laidī Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *laid ▲ Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī Old English lǣdere Middle English ledere English leader Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ettebor. Middle English -ette English -ette English leaderette From leader + -ette. Head templates: {{en-noun}} leaderette (plural leaderettes)
  1. A short editorial, or a paragraph in an editorial.

Inflected forms

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