See Also: varlet(dictionary)

varlet (iou)



varlet noun. LME.
[Old French, var. of vaslet, vadlet, VALET.]
A man or boy acting as an attendant or servant; a menial, a groom. arch. LME.
b. spec. An attendant on a knight or other person of military importance. Now Hist. L15.
c. = SERGEANT 7. L16-M17.
The jack in cards. E16-E17.
A person of a mean or unprincipled disposition; a rogue, a rascal. Also used as a (mock) contemptuous form of address. Now arch. or joc. M16.
varletess noun (rare) a female varlet M18.
varletry noun varlets collectively; a number or crowd of attendants or of rogues: E17.
varletto noun (rare, Shakes.) = VARLET 3: only in L16.