Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Soubrette \Sou`brette"\, n. [F.]
   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.

Source : WordNet®

soubrette
     n 1: a pert or flirtatious young girl
     2: a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a
        comedy