Varlet \Var"let\, n. [OF. varlet, vaslet, vallet, servant, young
man, young noble, dim. of vassal. See Vassal, and cf.
Valet.]
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1. A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet;
a footman. [Obs.] --Spenser. Tusser.
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2. Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an
impudent varlet.
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What a brazen-faced varlet art thou ! --Shak.
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3. In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the
knave, or jack. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
varlet
n 1: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue, knave,
rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag]
2: in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as
the first stage in training for knighthood [syn: page]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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