soubrette
nounA saucy, coquettish, intriguing maidservant in comedies or comic opera.
nounAn actress or a singer taking such a part.
nounA young woman regarded as flirtatious or frivolous.
nounTheat., a maidservant in comedy, frequently a lady’s-maid.
nounA 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.
nounA female servant or attendant, especially as mischievous or cheeky, often featuring in theatrical comedies
nouna minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady’s maid in a comedy
nouna pert or flirtatious young girl
