1604 R. Dallington sig. K4 [A horseman] who..shall quitte his horse and serue on foot, prouided that hee haue with him a vallet Harquebutier.
1845 E. Holmes 5 The Archbishop of Saltzburg..entertained him in the capacity of valet-musician.
1867 T. Carlyle (1881) II. 32 The clever old valet maid that waited on them.
1897 ‘H. S. Merriman’ xxii. 243 A valet-courier of taciturn habit.