Usually means: Naive young woman, theatrical archetype.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. ingenue: Merriam-Webster
  2. ingenue: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ingenue: Vocabulary.com
  4. Ingenue, ingenue: Wordnik
  5. ingenue: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. ingenue: Wiktionary
  7. Ing'enue, ingenue: Dictionary.com
  8. ingenue: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Ingenue (album), Ingenue (stock character), Ingenue: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. ingenue: Rhymezone
  11. ingenue: FreeDictionary.org
  12. ingenue: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. ingenue: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. ingenue: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. ingenue: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ingenue: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See ingenues as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ingenue)

noun:  An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.
noun:  (theater, film) A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role.
noun:  (rare) Misspelling of ingenu. [(rare) An innocent, unsophisticated, naive, wholesome boy or young man.]

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