A male personal attendant; a manservant, a valet.
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| 释义 | society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet (20) manc1175 A male personal attendant; a manservant, a valet. valet1567 A man-servant performing duties chiefly relating to the person of his master; a gentleman's personal attendant. varlet of the chamber1567 = valet-de-chambre, n. point-trusser1594 a valet or page who trussed or tied his master's points (see sense 23a). valect1610 A personal attendant. valet-de-chambre1646 = valet, n. 1. Andrew1700 A valet, gentleman's servant. Obs. rare. gentleman's gentleman1704 Following a possessive, chiefly in gentleman's gentleman: a man's valet. Cf. sense 1b. bearer1727 Originally, in British India: a person employed to carry a palanquin; cf. palanquin-bearer n. at palanquin, n. compounds; (hence) a domestic servant… sirdar-bearer1782 an Indian valet or body-servant. (See bearer, n. 1d.) sardar1816 elliptical in the same sense. tiring-man1856 attributive and in other combinations, as tiring-chamber, tiring-closet, tiring-glass, tiring-man, tiring-place. Also tiring-house, n., tiring-room… Jeeves1952 Used allusively of a valet or similar person. Subcategories:— action or position of (4) — character or spirit of (1) — collective or company of (2) |
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