Varlet
['vɑːlɪt]
Definition
(n.) A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman.
(n.) Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet.
(n.) In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack.
Typist: Shane
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Scoundrel, rascal, rogue, knave, scapegrace.
Editor: Segre
Definition
n. a footman: a low fellow: a scoundrel.—n. Var′letry (Shak.) the rabble the crowd.
Editor: Wendell
Examples
- See him contented, however, thou stubborn varlet, said the Disinherited Knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Giles--Clement--dogs and varlets! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Of course they contracted that the varlets who dragged us up should not mention bucksheesh once. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Francine