soubrette

noun /suːˈbɹɛt/

1. A female attendant or servant, especially one who is cheeky or mischievous, often featuring in theatrical comedies.

   At present I have only a soubrette's part, with an apron and pockets, and a ballad; but, as I said before, luck's all in this world, and I have every requisite for being lucky.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French soubrette, from Occitan soubreta (“coy”) (feminine of soubret), from soubra (Provençal sobrar), from Latin superare (“be above”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry soubrette (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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