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UK
/saʊbɹˈɛt/
]
NOUN
- a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy
- a pert or flirtatious young girl
How To Use soubrette In A Sentence
- While she has a broad repertoire, her infectious exuberance and natural athleticism give her a distinctive edge in leotard ballets and soubrette parts.
- Her long, striking extensions and shapely arms undoubtedly would catch more eyes in a company with fewer spitfires and soubrettes.
- A charming SOUBRETTE, great Marie Kendall, with dauby cheeks and lifted skirt smiled daubily from her poster upon William Ulysses
- A virtuoso soubrette dancer noted for her light, springy jumps, strong feet, and sunny disposition, she was a favourite of Ashton's.
- The soubrette of the piece, Musetta, is supposed to offer comic relief to the central tragic affair.
- They passed Dan Lowry's musichall where Marie Kendall, charming soubrette, smiled on them from a poster a dauby smile. Ulysses
- A virtuoso soubrette dancer noted for her light, springy jumps, strong feet, and sunny disposition, she was a favourite of Ashton's.
- Especially telling were the colorful blends in "Soubrette Song," with brightly resonant trumpets.
- BLOOM: _ (A charming soubrette with dauby cheeks, mustard hair and large male hands and nose, leering mouth) _ I tried her things on only twice, Ulysses
- Swanilda is a soubrette role, but it requires a dancer with the authority of a ballerina.
