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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
soubrette /suːˈbrɛt/

▶noun a pert maidservant or similar female role in a comedy.

– origin C18: Fr., from Provençal soubreto, fem. of soubret ‘coy’, from sobrar, from L. superare ‘be above’.

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