noun
Meaning 1
A servant or attendant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
varlet
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈvɑːlət/
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noun
Meaning 2
Specifically, a youth acting as a knight's attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A rogue or scoundrel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The jack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: card-games, games
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noun
Meaning 5
in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: page
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attendant, attender, tender
noun
Meaning 6
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rogue, knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: villain, scoundrel
History
Etymology
From Middle English varlet, varlette, from Old French varlet, variant of vadlet, vallet, vaslet. Doublet of valet.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: слуга (sluga) — servant or attendant
- Macedonian: слу́га (slúga) — servant or attendant
- Macedonian: паж (paž) — servant or attendant
- Russian: слуга́ (slugá) — servant or attendant
- Russian: паж (paž) — servant or attendant
- Bulgarian: паж (paž) — youth acting as a knight’s attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood
- Bulgarian: щитоносец (štitonosec) — youth acting as a knight’s attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood
- Dutch: schildknaap — youth acting as a knight’s attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood
- Dutch: page — youth acting as a knight’s attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood
- Macedonian: штито́носец (štitónosec) — youth acting as a knight’s attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood
- Macedonian: паж (paž) — youth acting as a knight’s attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood
- Russian: оружено́сец (oruženósec) — youth acting as a knight’s attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood
- Bulgarian: мошеник (mošenik) — rogue or scoundrel
- Irish: bithiúnach — rogue or scoundrel
- Macedonian: и́змамник (ízmamnik) — rogue or scoundrel
- Macedonian: по́длец (pódlec) — rogue or scoundrel
- Macedonian: ла́жго (lážgo) — rogue or scoundrel
- Russian: негодя́й (negodjáj) — rogue or scoundrel
- Bulgarian: вале (vale) — jack
- Dutch: boer — jack
- Macedonian: џа́ндар (džándar) — jack
- Russian: вале́т (valét) — jack