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val·et

   [va-ley, val-it, val-ey] noun, verb, -et·ed, -et·ing.
noun
1.
a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his 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.
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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
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to serve as a valet.

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

Related forms
val·et·less, adjective
un·val·et·ed, adjective

Can be confused: valet, valid.
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  • Dealers allegedly rented several apartments in a building, and even provided valet parking for customers.
  • Expensive cars pull up to be parked by valet service.
  • He was no hero to his valet, either, nor his valet to him.
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valet (ˈvælɪt, ˈvæleɪ)
 
—n
1.  French name: valet de chambre a manservant who acts as personal attendant to his employer, looking after his clothing, serving his meals, etc
2.  a manservant who attends to the requirements of patrons in a hotel, passengers on board ship, etc; steward
 
—vb , -ets, -eting, -eted
3.  to act as a valet for (a person)
4.  (tr) to clean the bodywork and interior of (a car) as a professional service
 
[C16: from Old French vaslet page, from Medieval Latin vassus servant; see vassal]

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valet
"personal man-servant," 1567, from Fr. valet, from O.Fr. valet, variant of vaslet "man's servant," originally "squire, young man," from Gallo-Romance *vassellittus "young nobleman, squire, page," dim. of M.L. vassallus, from vassus "servant" (see vassal). Modern sense is
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usually short for valet de chambre; the general sense of "male household servant of the meaner sort" going with the variant form varlet. First recorded use of valet parking is from 1960.
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