valet de chambre
noun
valets de chambre
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pluralof valet de chambre.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She wrote to the Prince of Wales—but so had one of the valets de chambre first.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II by Henry Cabot Lodge
The Empress had also ushers and women who discharged the same duties, six ordinary chambermaids, a reader, the beautiful Madame Gazani; four ordinary valets de chambre, and two footmen, trusted men always in the ante-chamber.
From The Court of the Empress Josephine by Thomas Sergeant Perry
The door opened, and the two imperial valets de chambre, Constant and Roustan, entered.
From Napoleon and Blucher by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
Smuggled in," said Louis XVIII., with a smile; "F——, one of my valets de chambre, whom I have placed at the head of what I call my secret ministry, brings them to me.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various
In order to be sure that it was not some illusion, they called their valets de chambre; but no sooner had these appeared with their flambeaux, than the spectre disappeared.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Henry Christmas
