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val·et
(vă-lā′, văl′ā, văl′ĭt)n.
1. A man's male servant, who takes care of his clothes and performs other personal services.
2. An employee, as in a hotel or on a ship, who performs personal services for guests or passengers.
3. A person who parks and retrieves cars for patrons of restaurants, theaters, and other business establishments.
v. val·et·ed, val·et·ing, val·ets
v.tr.
To act as a personal servant to; attend.
v.intr.
To work as a valet.
[Middle English valette, from Old French vaslet, valet, servant, squire, from Vulgar Latin *vassellitus, diminutive of *vassus, vassal; see vassal.]
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valet
(ˈvælɪt; ˈvæleɪ)n
1. (Professions) a manservant who acts as personal attendant to his employer, looking after his clothing, serving his meals, etc. French name: valet de chambre
2. (Professions) a manservant who attends to the requirements of patrons in a hotel, passengers on board ship, etc; steward
vb, -ets, -eting or -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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val•et
(væˈleɪ, ˈvæl ɪt, ˈvæl eɪ)n.
1. a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his employer, as by taking care of clothing; manservant.
2. an employee who cares for the clothing of patrons of a hotel, passengers on a ship, etc.
3. a stand or rack for holding coats, hats, etc.
v.t., v.i. 4. to serve as a valet.
[1560–70; < French; Middle French va(s)let squire =vas- (< Medieval Latin vassus servant) + -let -let; see vassal]
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valet
Past participle: valeted
Gerund: valeting
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| Noun | 1. |  valet - a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"body servant - a valet or personal maid manservant - a man servant |
| Verb | 1. |  valet - serve as a personal attendant to |
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valet
noun manservant, man, attendant, gentleman's gentleman He stayed on to serve his master as valet and then butler.
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Translations
خادِم يَعْتَني بِملابِس سيِّده
komorníksluha
kammertjener
einkaòjónn
sulainis
komorník
vale
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valet
[ˈvæleɪ ˈvælɪt]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
valet
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valet
(ˈvӕlit) , (ˈvӕlei) noun a manservant who looks after his master's clothes etc. His valet laid out his evening suit.
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