leaderette

English

Etymology

leader +‎ -ette

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

leaderette (plural leaderettes)

A short editorial, or a paragraph in an editorial.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
  "You got a black eye out of him, and that's for publication. We can't have this reign of terror, Mr. Malone. We must bring the man to his bearings. I'll have a leaderette on him to-morrow that will raise a blister."

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