valet de chambre
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valets de chambre
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noun
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Catherine's valet de chambre, Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx, cooked up for the occasion a lavish combination of painting, music and dancing that is now rated as the first true ballet ever performed.
From Time Magazine Archive
“He has so much martial dignity in his deportment,” observed Benjamin Rush, “that there is not a king in Europe but would look like a valet de chambre by his side.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
He had been valet de chambre to some gentleman or nobleman, who gave him a large sum of money on his marrying the lady.
From Curious Epitaphs by Various
"Why is your hair so red?" said the valet de chambre.
From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
Radwalader'll get you a valet de chambre, no doubt.
From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Guy Wetmore Carryl
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