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soubrette

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9 lettersPronunciation /suːˈbɹɛt/Part of speech nounSorted beeorsttuStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • This version of the fragile, yet touching story accents the romance and courtship of the schoolmaster, properly called Mr. Chipping, and the music hall soubrette he falls in love with while vacationing in Pompeii.

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