Hypertext Webster Gateway: "valet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Valet \Val"et\ (?; 277), n. [F. valet, OF. vallet, varlet,
vaslet. See {Varlet}, and {Vassal}.]
1. A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on
gentleman's person; a body servant.
2. (Man.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.
{Valet de chambre}[F.], a body servant, or personal
attendant.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
valet
n : a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his
employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: {valet
de chambre}, {gentleman}, {gentleman's gentleman}, {man}]
v : serve as a valet
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