soubrette

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soubrette

/suːˈbɹɛt/

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

noun soubrettes

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.

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noun mischievous female in comedy

Ελληνικά	σουμπρέτα soumpréta

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@misc{soubrette_2026,
  title = {soubrette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soubrette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}