soubrette
/suːˈbɹɛt/
soubrette noun: a female attendant or servant, especially one who is cheeky or mischievous, often featuring in theatrical comedies.
Noun
soubrette (plural 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.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Success”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 77
- Greatly mystified, the curate turned to examine another picture, the cryptic title of which was, "The superintendent and the soubrette - our reporter puts a pornographic parson's pot on." In this the superintendent, distinguished by a clerical coat and a Methodistical brand of whisker, was...1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 129
soubrette meaning in Tamil
soubrette in Tamil
- பணிப்பெண்
Examples of soubrette in a sentence
- 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.1936, Henry Miller, “The Tailor Shop”, in Black Spring, Paris: The Obelisk Press […], →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, 1963...
- Chipping, and the music hall soubrette he falls in love with while vacationing in Pompeii.1969, Film Bulletin, volume 38, page 127:
- 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.1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:
Forms of soubrette
| plural | soubrettes |
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Origin of soubrette
Borrowed from French soubrette, from Occitan soubreta (“coy”) (feminine of soubret), from soubra (Provençal sobrar), from Latin superare (“be above”).
Words formed from soubrette
Words that rhyme with soubrette
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- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
Questions about soubrette
- What does soubrette mean?
- Soubrette means a female attendant or servant, especially one who is cheeky or mischievous, often featuring in theatrical comedies.
- What is soubrette in Tamil?
- Soubrette in Tamil is பணிப்பெண். See Soubrette meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use soubrette in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is soubrette?
- Soubrette is a noun.
- How do you pronounce soubrette?
- Soubrette is pronounced /suːˈbɹɛt/.
- What is the plural of soubrette?
- The plural of soubrette is soubrettes.
Words near soubrette in the dictionary
Source and license
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