• Scarlett

    Full definition of Scarlett

    Proper noun

    Scarlett

    (plural Scarletts)
    1. for a dyer or seller of (scarlet) fabric.
      • 1854 Alfred Tennyson: The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava:For Scarlett and Scarlett's three hundred were riding byWhen the points of the Russian lances arose in the sky;
    2. transferred from the surname; in general use since 1936.
      • 1936 Margaret Mitchell: Gone With the Wind: Chapter III:'There now, Scarlett! You admit it is true. What would you be doing with a husband like Ashley? 'Tis moonstruck they all are, all the Wilkes.'

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