: a young movie actress being coached and publicized for starring roles
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She was a starlet in the 1940s.
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Around a century ago, in New York, a white starlet named Irene Delroy got a hot tip from her maid, who was Black.
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Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Like Soldier Boy at times, the Legend is a character who mainly exists as an excuse for the writers to include copious references to old starlets these men have banged.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 May 2026
The proposal was so last-minute, DiMaggio didn’t give the starlet a ring until the ceremony itself.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 13 Apr. 2026
And across the pond, starlet Rio Ngumoha became Liverpool’s youngest-ever scorer at Anfield.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
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Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Like Soldier Boy at times, the Legend is a character who mainly exists as an excuse for the writers to include copious references to old starlets these men have banged.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 May 2026
The proposal was so last-minute, DiMaggio didn’t give the starlet a ring until the ceremony itself.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 13 Apr. 2026
And across the pond, starlet Rio Ngumoha became Liverpool’s youngest-ever scorer at Anfield.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
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“Starlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starlet. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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starlet
noun
star·let
ˈstär-lət 
: a young movie actress
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