valet
noun
a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
had valeted
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past perfectof valet.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Then I found the man that had valeted Scudder, and pumped him, but I could see he suspected nothing.
From The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
James, who in his time had valeted princes, after he had finished shaving him and had turned him out as only a well-trained English valet can, glanced with satisfaction at his work.
From L.P.M. : the end of the Great War by J. Stewart (John Stewart) Barney
When Mrs Pelham is questioned by letter, she replies, "George's clothes were brushed and put away, not by me, but by the man who had valeted him."
From Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research by Michael Sage
