Commedia dell'arte
Columbina (in Italian Colombina, meaning "little dove"; in French and English Colombine) is a stock character in the "commedia dell'arte". She is Harlequin's mistress, a comic servant playing the tricky slave type, and wife of Pierrot. Rudlin and Crick use the Italian spelling Colombina in "Commedia dell'arte: A Handbook for Troupes".