| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| soubrette |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sou·brette |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -br t |
| NOUN: | 1a. A saucy, coquettish, intriguing maidservant in comedies or comic opera. b. An actress or a singer taking such a part. 2. A young woman regarded as flirtatious or frivolous. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Provençal soubreto, feminine of soubret, conceited, from soubra, to leave aside, from Old Provençal sobrar, to be excessive, from Latin super re, from super, above. See uper in Appendix I.
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