Soubrette

//suːˈbɹɛt// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female attendant or servant, especially one who is cheeky or mischievous, often featuring in theatrical comedies.

    "At present I have only a soubrette's part, with an apron and pockets, and a ballad; but, as I said before, luck's all in this world, and I have every requisite for being lucky."

  2. 2
    a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy wordnet
  3. 3
    a pert or flirtatious young girl wordnet

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"At present I have only a soubrette's part, with an apron and pockets, and a ballad; but, as I said before, luck's all in this world, and I have every requisite for being lucky."

Etymology

Borrowed from French soubrette, from Occitan soubreta (“coy”) (feminine of soubret), from soubra (Provençal sobrar), from Latin superare (“be above”).

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