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noun - A female servant or attendant, especially as mischievous or cheeky, often featuring in theatrical comedies
- 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
- 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
Etymology: French soubrette, from modern Proveníal soubreto, the feminine of soubret "coy", from soubra (Proveníal sobrar), from Latin superare "be above".
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