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valet

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val·et  (vlt, vl, v-l)
n.
1. A man's male servant, who takes care of his clothes and performs other personal services.
2. An employee, as in a hotel or on a ship, who performs personal services for guests or passengers.
v. val·et·ed, val·et·ing, val·ets
v.tr.
To act as a personal servant to; attend.
v.intr.
To work as a valet.

[Middle English valette, from Old French vaslet, valet, servant, squire, from Vulgar Latin *vassellitus, diminutive of *vassus, vassal; see vassal.]

valet
Noun
a male servant employed to look after another man
Verb
[-eting, -eted]
1. to act as a valet (for)
2. to clean the bodywork and interior of (a car) as a professional service [Old French vaslet page]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.valetvalet - a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
body servant - a valet or personal maid
manservant - a man servant
Verb1.valetvalet - serve as a personal attendant to
wait on, attend to, assist, attend, serve - work for or be a servant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years"
Translations
Spanish valet [ˈvæleɪ] nayuda m de cámara
French valet [ˈvælɪt] nvalet m de chambre
German valet [ˈvælɪt] nKammerdiener m
Italian valet [ˈvælɪt] ncameriere m personale

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The valet of one of the gentlemen staying here has heard that the late Lord Montbarry was the last person who lived in the palace, before it was made into an hotel.
The valet went out as silently as he had entered and appeared in a few minutes bringing the dress demanded.
When Claude and Quasimodo went out together, which frequently happened, and when they were seen traversing in company, the valet behind the master, the cold, narrow, and gloomy streets of the block of Notre-Dame, more than one evil word, more than one ironical quaver, more than one insulting jest greeted them on their way, unless Claude Frollo, which was rarely the case, walked with head upright and raised, showing his severe and almost august brow to the dumbfounded jeerers.
 
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