Valet
['vælɪt;'væleɪ] or ['væle]
Definition
(noun.) a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; 'Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man'.
(verb.) serve as a personal attendant to.
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Definition
(n.) A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.
(n.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Fr.] Groom, servant, serving man, waiting servant.
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Definition
n. a man-servant esp. one who attends on a gentleman's person.—v.t. to act as valet to.—n. Valet de place in France one who offers his services as guide messenger &c. for hire esp. to strangers.
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Examples
- He brought a native servant with him, who was his valet and pipe-bearer and who wore the Sedley crest in silver on his turban. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I leave twenty pound a year to my valet; and I defy any man after I have gone to find anything against my character. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He threw out a gold coin for the valet to pick up, and all the heads craned forward that all the eyes might look down at it as it fell. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He has been under his valet's hands this morning to be made presentable and is as well got up as the circumstances will allow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His valet stood behind him with a smelling-bottle ready in one hand, and a white handkerchief, saturated with eau-de-Cologne, in the other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Oblige me by giving that man permission to withdraw, I said, pointing to the valet. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- No one is ever permitted to enter that room save the house-maid in the morning, and my valet, or my wife's maid, during the rest of the day. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- First he discharged her from her valet duties; he would dress himself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The butler was Jos's valet also, and never was more drunk than a butler in a small family should be who has a proper regard for his master's wine. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And he left the valet busy in getting the horses ready, and went homewards himself to prepare for his departure. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It will be no use, I believe, replied Lowther; for every valet will copy his master. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Well, Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, as his valet appeared at his bedroom door, just as he was concluding his toilet; 'all alive to-day, I suppose? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A mere lackey for Dr. John his valet, his foot-boy! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The valet on the box evidently quaked. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I saw the porter give my note to a servant in livery, desiring him to take it to His Grace's valet. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The two valets sat aloof superciliously. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I vote for cutting all the grocers and valets who intrude themselves into good society. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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