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soubrette


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  soubrette 
  n  1:  a  pert  or  flirtatious  young  girl 
  2:  a  minor  female  role  as  a  pert  flirtatious  lady's  maid  in  a 
  comedy 




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