Scarlett

English

Proper noun

Scarlett

1. An occupational surname for a dyer or seller of (scarlet) fabric.
2. A female given name transferred from the surname; in general use since 1936.

Quotations

• 1854 Alfred Tennyson: The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava:

  For Scarlett and Scarlett's three hundred were riding by

  When the points of the Russian lances arose in the sky;

• 1936 Margaret Mitchell: Gone With the Wind: Chapter III:

  'There now, Scarlett! You admit it is true. What would you be doing with a husband like Ashley? 'Tis moonstruck they all are, all the Wilkes.'

Anagrams

• clatters