lɪt noun Archaic.
1.
a knavish person; rascal.
2.
a.
an attendant or servant.
b.
a page who serves a knight.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a menial servant |
| 2. | a knight's page |
| 3. | a rascal |
| [C15: from Old French, variant of vallet | |
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Varlet
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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varlet
1456, "servant, attendant of a knight," from M.Fr. varlet (14c.), variant of vaslet, originally "squire, young man," from O.Fr. vassal (see vassal). The meaning "rascal, rogue" is 1550.
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