Valet

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English

Noun

Valet (plural Valets)
  1. A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
  2. A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
  3. (professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.
  4. A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.
  5. A person employed to clean or park cars.
  6. A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing.

Synonyms

  • (personal attendant): butler (proscribed)

Verb

Valet (third-person singular simple present Valets, present participle Valeting, simple past and past participle Valeted)

  1. (transitive) To clean and service (a car), as a valet does.

Adjectives for Valet

inestimable; obsequious; bowing; quiet; effective; artful; deft; efficient; silk-hosed.

Thesaurus

administer to, attend, attend on, boy, butler, care for, chauffeur, chore, coachman, dance attendance upon, do for, do service to, driver, drudge, equerry, gardener, gentleman, gillie, help, houseboy, houseman, lackey, look after, lord-in-waiting, maid, man, manservant, minister to, pander to, serve, take care of, tend, upon, valet de chambre, wait, wait on, work for

Etymology

French; related to vassal.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ælɪt

Translations

Noun


French

Noun

Valet m. (plural Valets)

  1. (card games) jack

Pronunciation

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

valet

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of valeō

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Valet n.
  1. singular definite of val

Spanish

Noun

Valet m.

  1. (card games) a jack in a deck of cards

Swedish

Noun

Valet

  1. definite singular of val