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English

Etymology

French soubrette, from modern Provençal soubreto, the feminine of soubret ‘coy’, from soubra (Provençal sobrar), from Latin superare ‘be above’.

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A female servant or attendant, especially as mischievous or cheeky, often featuring in theatrical comedies
  2. :*1936: And then too it was exhilarating to see the baron come sailing in with a pair of soubrettes on his arm – each time a different pair. — Henry Miller, Black Spring
  3. :*1997: The servants in the hall tonight are whitely-wigged black slaves in livery of a certain grade of satin and refinement of lace,– black Major-domos and black Soubrettes. — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon


da:soubrette fr:soubrette io:soubrette ru:soubrette vi:soubrette

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Soubrette \Sou`brette"\, n. [F.]
A female servant or attendant; specifically, as a term of the
theater, a lady's maid, in comedies, who acts the part of an
intrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female servant or young
woman.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet soubrette
n 1: a pert or flirtatious young girl
2: a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a
comedy
Moby Dictionary
Roscius , abigail , actor , actress , amah , antagonist , antihero ,
au pair girl , ayah , bad guy , barnstormer , betweenmaid , biddy , bit ,
bit part , cast , chambermaid , chaperon , character , character actor ,
character man , character woman , child actor , companion , cook , cue ,
diseur , diseuse , dramatizer , duenna , fat part , feeder ,
femme de chambre , fille de chambre , foil , gentlewoman , girl ,
handmaid , handmaiden , heavy , hero , heroine , hired girl , histrio ,
histrion , housemaid , ingenue , juvenile , kitchenmaid , lady-help ,
lady-in-waiting , lead , lead role , leading lady , leading man ,
leading woman , lines , live-in maid , live-out maid , maid ,
maidservant , matinee idol , mime , mimer , mimic , monologist , mummer ,
nursemaid , pantomime , pantomimist , parlormaid , part , person ,
personage , piece , playactor , player , protagonist , protean actor ,
reciter , role , scullery maid , servant girl , servitress , side ,
stage performer , stage player , stooge , straight man , straight part ,
stroller , strolling player , supporting character , supporting role ,
theatrical , thespian , title role , trouper , tweeny , upstairs maid ,
utility man , villain , waiting maid , walk-on , walking part , wench


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