valet
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
valet (plural valets)
- A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
- A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
- (professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.
- A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.
- A person employed to clean or park cars.
- A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing.
Synonyms
- (personal attendant): butler (proscribed)
Translations
A man's personal male attendant
A female performer in professional wrestling
A female chaperone who accompanies a man
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A hotel employee performing such duties for guests
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A person employed to clean or park cars
A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing
Verb
valet (third-person singular simple present valets, present participle valeting, simple past and past participle valeted)
- (transitive) To clean and service (a car), as a valet does.
French
Pronunciation
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Audio (file)
Noun
valet m (plural valets)
- (history) a male attendant of a knight or a lord
- (history) officer belonging to the king's house or a princely house, also valet de chambre
- a male servant, a footman
- a wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing, also valet de nuit
- (card games) jack
Anagrams
Jèrriais
Etymology
Noun
valet m (plural valets)
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Derived terms
- valet d'fèrme (“farmhand”)
Middle French
Etymology
Old French vaslet.
Noun
valet m (plural valets)
- manservant; (male) attendant
Descendants
- French: valet