valet
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer“Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man”Synonyms: valet de chambregentlemangentleman's gentlemanman
Verb (1)
- serve as a personal attendant to
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Valet \Val"et\ (v[a^]l"[e^]t or v[a^]l"[asl]; 277), n. [F. valet, OF. vallet, varlet, vaslet. See Varlet, and Vassal.]
1.A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on a gentleman's person; a body servant. [1913 Webster]
2.(Man.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron. [1913 Webster]
Valet de chambre[F.], a body servant, or personal attendant. [1913 Webster]