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Definitions for: Varlet [n] in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
[n] a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Webster (1913) Definition: Var"let, n. [OF. varlet, vaslet, vallet, servant, young
man, young noble, dim of vassal. See Vassal, and cf.
Valet.]
1. A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet;
a footman. [Obs.] --Spenser. Tusser.
2. Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an
impudent varlet.
What a brazen-faced varlet art thou ! --Shak.
3. In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the
knave, or jack. [Obs.]
Synonyms: knave, page, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scallywag
See Also: attendant, attender, scoundrel, tender, villain
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