Suzette

See also: suzette

English

Etymology

From French Suzette, from Suzanne (“Susan”) + -ette, feminine of -et (diminutive suffix).

Proper noun

Suzette (plural Suzettes)

1. A female given name from French.
   • 1909 May, F[rank] 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, [Bloomington, Ind.]: 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, [Morrisville, N.C.]: 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

• crêpe Suzette

Noun

Suzette (plural Suzettes)

1. 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

1. a female given name