[f. LEADER1 (sense 12) + -ETTE.] A short editorial paragraph, printed in the same type as the ‘leaders’ in a newspaper.
1880. Athenæum, 4 Sept., 289/2. One able to write crisp Original Leaderettes … would have preference.
1895. Mar. Corelli, Sorrows of Satan, ix. (1897), 97. This paragraph of mine … will take the shape of a ‘leaderette.’
