valet
A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearanceA man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
» Tom used to work as a valet.
Meaning
8 sensesA man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
Kammerdiener, Diener, Putzer
камерди́нерkamerdíner, слуга́slugá, денщи́кdenščík
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
Hoteldiener
гости́ничный рабо́тникgostíničnyj rabótnik
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.
A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.
Gesellschaftsdame, Escort, Begleiterin
дуэ́ньяduénʹja
(US)A person employed to clean or park cars.
Parkplatzwächter, Parkplatzwächterin
A person employed to assist the jockey and trainer at a racecourse.
A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing.
stummer Diener
ве́шалкаvéšalka
A kind of goad or stick with an iron point.
Examples
15 sentencesTom used to work as a valet.
Tom handed his keys to the valet.
deTom übergab seine Schlüssel dem Hoteldiener.
Tom is a valet.
Mary handed her keys to the valet.
He handed his keys to the valet.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 5
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French valet, from Old French vaslet, from Medieval Latin *vassellittBorrowed from Middle French valet, from Old French vaslet, from Medieval Latin *vassellittus, diminutive of Late Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas). Doublet of varlet.
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Forms
plural: valetsSynonyms
6 synonyms- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer:valet de chambregentlemangentleman's gentlemanman