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valet

[ va-ley, val-it, val-ey ]

noun

  1. a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
  2. a man who is employed for cleaning and pressing, laundering, and similar services for patrons of a hotel, passengers on a ship, etc.
  3. an attendant who parks cars for patrons at a hotel, restaurant, etc.
  4. a stand or rack for holding coats, hats, etc.


verb (used with or without object)

, val·et·ed, val·et·ing.
  1. to serve as a valet.

valet

/ ˈvæleɪ; ˈvælɪt /

noun

  1. a manservant who acts as personal attendant to his employer, looking after his clothing, serving his meals, etc French namevalet de chambre
  2. a manservant who attends to the requirements of patrons in a hotel, passengers on board ship, etc; steward


verb

  1. to act as a valet for (a person)
  2. tr to clean the bodywork and interior of (a car) as a professional service

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Other Words From

  • val·et·less adjective
  • un·val·et·ed adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of valet1

1560–70; < French; Middle French va ( s ) let squire, equivalent to vas- (< Medieval Latin vassus servant) + -let -let; vassal

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Word History and Origins

Origin of valet1

C16: from Old French vaslet page, from Medieval Latin vassus servant; see vassal

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Example Sentences

A valet found Hilton's possessions down the road from her property and her driver retrieved them.

In keeping with its Los Angeles origins, Pinkberry is a valet operation.

After a few years, he ended up in Moscow, where he was briefly employed as valet to a wealthy nobleman.

City Prosecutor Michel Valet said a 30-year-old man, his two sons, aged three and six, and another child aged ten, were killed.

The food might be pretty, but you just want the valet to bring your car around already.

Martini was on his mission to Vienna; but another valet was put into the chariot to support the Duke.

Mr. Pope was a bachelor, and his valet inconsiderately took the “flu.”

After ten days of intermittent suffering, during which the valet had felt no apprehension, he had died suddenly.

As a matter of fact, he burst his way past my scandalized valet into my bedroom and woke me up.

Lucy Warrender at least had missed the thousand and one delicate attentions of the valet.

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