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varlet

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var⋅let

  [vahr-lit]
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–noun Archaic.
1. a knavish person; rascal.
2.
a. an attendant or servant.
b. a page who serves a knight.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < MF; var. of valet
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var·let   (vär'lĭt)   
n.  

  1. An attendant or servant.

  2. A knight's page.

  3. A rascal; a knave.


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