valet [va-ley , val -it, val -ey]
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a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant. a man who is employed for cleaning and pressing, laundering, and similar services for patrons of a hotel, passengers on a ship, etc. an attendant who parks cars for patrons at a hotel, restaurant, etc. a stand or rack for holding coats, hats, etc. Show More
verb (used with or without object), val·et·ed, val·et·ing. to serve as a valet. Show More
Origin of valet 1560–70; <
French; Middle French va(s)let squire, equivalent to
vas- (<
Medieval Latin vassus servant) +
-let -let ; see
vassal Related forms val·et·less , adjective un·val·et·ed , adjective Can be confused valet valid Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for valeted Historical Examples of valeted I can tell a man who's been valeted as far as my eyes will reach.
Gimp waved them off angrily, but they valeted for him, anyhow.
Mrs. Butterworth put him in the west room, sir, and I valeted him.
Valeted : served; (from valet, a gentleman's private servant).
Under his régime the hounds were valeted as they had never been before.
British Dictionary definitions for valeted a manservant who acts as personal attendant to his employer, looking after his clothing, serving his meals, etc French name: valet de chambre a manservant who attends to the requirements of patrons in a hotel, passengers on board ship, etc; steward Show More
verb -ets , -eting or -eted to act as a valet for (a person) (tr) to clean the bodywork and interior of (a car) as a professional service Show More
Word Origin for valet C16: from Old French vaslet page, from Medieval Latin vassus servant; see vassal
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Word Origin and History for valeted n. "personal man-servant," mid-14c., from Old French valet , variant of vaslet "man's servant," originally "squire, young man," from Gallo-Romance *vassellittus "young nobleman, squire, page," diminutive of Medieval Latin vassallus , from vassus "servant" (see vassal ). Modern sense is usually short for valet de chambre ; the general sense of "male household servant of the meaner sort" going with the variant form varlet . First recorded use of valet parking is from 1960.
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