soubrette

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A saucy, coquettish, intriguing maidservant in comedies or comic opera.

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An actress or a singer taking such a part.

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A young woman regarded as flirtatious or frivolous.

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Theat., a maidservant in comedy, frequently a lady’s-maid.

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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.

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A female servant or attendant, especially as mischievous or cheeky, often featuring in theatrical comedies

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a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady’s maid in a comedy

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a pert or flirtatious young girl