'Soubrette' definitions:
Definition of 'soubrette'
(from WordNet)
noun
A pert or flirtatious young girl
noun
A minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy
Definition of 'Soubrette'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'soubrette'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abigail,
- actor,
- actress,
- amah,
- antagonist,
- antihero,
- au pair girl,
- ayah,
- bad guy,
- barnstormer,
- betweenmaid,
- biddy,
- bit,
- bit part,
- cast,
- chambermaid,
- chaperon,
- character,
- character actor,
- character man,
- character woman,
- child actor,
- companion,
- cook,
- cue,
- diseur,
- diseuse,
- dramatizer,
- duenna,
- fat part,
- feeder,
- femme de chambre,
- fille de chambre,
- foil,
- gentlewoman,
- girl,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- heavy,
- hero,
- heroine,
- hired girl,
- histrio,
- histrion,
- housemaid,
- ingenue,
- juvenile,
- kitchenmaid,
- lady-help,
- lady-in-waiting,
- lead,
- lead role,
- leading lady,
- leading man,
- leading woman,
- lines,
- live-in maid,
- live-out maid,
- maid,
- maidservant,
- matinee idol,
- mime,
- mimer,
- mimic,
- monologist,
- mummer,
- nursemaid,
- pantomime,
- pantomimist,
- parlormaid,
- part,
- person,
- personage,
- piece,
- playactor,
- player,
- protagonist,
- protean actor,
- reciter,
- role,
- Roscius,
- scullery maid,
- servant girl,
- servitress,
- side,
- stage performer,
- stage player,
- stooge,
- straight man,
- straight part,
- stroller,
- strolling player,
- supporting character,
- supporting role,
- theatrical,
- thespian,
- title role,
- trouper,
- tweeny,
- upstairs maid,
- utility man,
- villain,
- waiting maid,
- walk-on,
- walking part,
- wench