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amateuse

noun

Etymology

Pseudo-Gallicism, from amateur + -euse (the French equivalent is amatrice).

  1. derived from amātor
  2. borrowed from amateur
  3. suffixed as amateuse — “amateur + -euse”

Definitions

  1. A female amateur.

    • Les looked around the room for Em. His glance passed Lou Kohn, leading amateuse of the Teacup Theater (who was draped against a door à la Sarah Bernhardt), and rested on Em and Howard—alone in a window-seat.

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