ingenue

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It was rumored that he and the ingenue -- but there, I am not supposed to tell secrets.

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  1. the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play
  2. an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage)
  3. an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl

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  • It begins too with the traditional young male ingenue, Jordan Mason, a seemingly simple small village, well, mason, who, through happenstance, encounters mysterious strangers from the wider realms outside, and finds himself embarking on a quest with them in the great wide world. —  Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2002
  • Rassigart was charmed by this candid young ingenue, and Shina had already adored the Prince for weeks. —  F ;SF - vol 092 issue 01 - January 1997
  • I didn't want to be a person lost in a crowd scene, so I tried out for the ingenue. —  Demons Don't Dream
  • She can be the ingenue, because she won't know that Jeremy is a prince. —  Zombie Lover
  • She saw Yvanna's eyes flickering over her once more with the immodest gaze of the heartless seducer suddenly set loose upon an ingenue, and knew immediately what was to be expected of her. —  open source sex
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