Suzette
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See also: suzette
English
Etymology
From French Suzette, from Suzanne (“Susan”) + -ette, feminine of -et (diminutive suffix).
Proper noun
Suzette (plural Suzettes)
- A female given name from French.
- 1909 May, F Berkeley Smith, “The Horrors of War”, in Smith’s Magazine: A Publication for the Home, volume IX, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Smith Publishing House, →OCLC, page 310, column 2:
- “Halt!” shouted the general as the happiest of Suzettes turned toward her kitchen.
- 2006, LeRoy T. Allen, Sr., chapter 10, in Just a Little Country Boy: In the Throes of the Civil Rights Revolution in the North, : Xlibris, →ISBN, page 113:
- On September 5, 1967, Iola gave birth to our last child. She was a beautiful, bright-eyed baby girl, and I named her Suzette. I had fallen in love with French names.
- 2006 May, Don Pitcher, “Caroline Lockhart”, in Wyoming (Moon Handbooks), 6th edition, Emeryville, Calif.: Avalon Travel Publishing, →ISBN, “Lovell and Vicinity” section, page 559, column 1:
- Using the pen name “Suzette,” she became one of the country’s first female newspaper reporters.
- 2010, Derra St. Denis, chapter 20, in Flip the Bird, : Lulu, →ISBN:
- Here's a little history of my introduction to The Big Cheesette. The first time she was nasty for no apparent reason, was on course, when I mispronounced the manager in charge of wardrobe's name, Suzette. I accidentally, called her Susan.
Related terms
Noun
Suzette (plural Suzettes)
- Ellipsis of crêpe Suzette.
- Alternative form: suzette
- 1949, Ladies’ Home Journal, volume 66, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 56:
- crêpes Suzette and all that, I had a dish lately that I wouldn’t swap for a stack of Suzettes a mile high.
- 1963 February 22, The Lincoln Star, 61st year, number 124, Lincoln, Neb., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15, column 7:
- Secret Of Suzettes / We have requests for a Crepe Suzette recipe—Here is one that is good, but not too difficult.
- 1990 June 11, Karin Orr, “Ukrainian crepes just like Suzettes”, in The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Mich., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D3
Further reading
Suzette (given name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Norman
Proper noun
Suzette f
- a female given name