valet de chambre
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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
With Carol and Madame dallied the royal Chancellor Ernest Udarianu and his wife, a Cuban valet de chambre and his wife, and the dogs�two black poodles, two Pekingese, a Doberman and a dachshund.
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
Why, John has been a rover to be sure; but now he's settled, since I've made him my valet de chambre.
From Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen by Anonymous
The chamber being by this time replaced in its ordinary state, a second valet de chambre was summoned to assist Joseph.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
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