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English Dictionary: Soubrette by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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
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.
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