Soubrette (noun)
soo-bret
An actress or other female performer playing a lively, flirtatious role in a play or opera.
Mid 18th century French, from Provençal soubreto, feminine of soubret ‘coy’, from sobrar, from Latin superare ‘be above’.
Example sentences
“It’s hard to believe she’s even capable of playing soubrette, given her real life personality.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
