varlet

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  1. noun An attendant or servant.
  2. noun A knight's page.
  3. noun A rascal; a knave.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, variant of vaslet; see valet.

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  1. from Middle English varlet, verlet, from Old French varlet, also vaslet, vallet, vadlet, valet, French valet, a groom, younker, squire, stripling, youth, servant, for *vassalet, from Middle Latin *vassaletus, dim.of vas-sallus, a servant, vassal: see vassal. Doublet of valet.
 

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/ˈvɑrlɛt/
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