Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense valets, present participle valeting, past tense, past participle valeted
1. countable noun
A valet is a male servant who looks after his employer by doing things such as caring for his clothes and cooking for him.
Synonyms: manservant, man, attendant, gentleman's gentleman More Synonyms of valet
2. verb
If someone valets a vehicle, they are paid to clean it thoroughly inside and out.
valet in British English
(ˈvælɪt, ˈvæleɪ)
noun
1.
a manservant who acts as personal attendant to his employer, looking after his clothing, serving his meals, etc
French name: valet de chambre
2.
a manservant who attends to the requirements of patrons in a hotel, passengers on board ship, etc; steward
verbWord forms: -ets, -eting or -eted
3.
to act as a valet for (a person)
4. (transitive)
to clean the bodywork and interior of (a car) as a professional service
Word origin
C16: from Old French vaslet page, from Medieval Latin vassus servant; see vassal
valet in American English
(væˈleɪ; ˈvæleɪ; formerly but now rarely ˈvælɪt)
noun
1.
a man's personal manservant who takes care of the man's clothes, helps him in dressing, etc.
2.
an employee, as of a hotel, who cleans or presses clothes, or performs other personal services
3. US
a rack for hanging coats, hats, a change of clothing, etc.
verb transitive, verb intransitive
4.
to serve (a person) as a valet
adjective
5.
referring to any of various services, as one in a hotel for cleaning and pressing clothes
Word origin
Fr, a groom, yeoman < OFr vaslet, young man, page < VL *vassellittus, double dim. < Gaul *vasso-, servant (akin to MIr foss, Welsh gwas) < IE *uposto-, one who stands by < *upo- (> up1) + base *stā-, to stand
Examples of 'valet' in a sentence
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Invest in a valet if your car has not had a proper clean for some time.
The Sun (2011)
With the park and fly package a courteous and efficient valet service takes care of it until you return.
The Sun (2012)
Then try the car valet trade.
The Sun (2016)
When the new security measures were imposed, the valet bags service facility had to be withdrawn.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We recently used the official Stansted airport valet parking service.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He supported himself in between gigs with odd jobs, such as a car valet at a hotel.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Check with your dealer about how it plans to valet the car and if it includes a mechanical wash, decline.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is nature's valet service.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The best of those five wins the car parking space closest to the building, as well as a full car valet.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Upon arrival, they leave their smoking, wrecked rental cars with the valet and proceed inside.
Christianity Today (2000)
Now an American parking company with a difference is planning to bring its valet service to London.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
(noun)
Definition
a male servant employed to look after another man
He stayed on to serve his master as valet and then butler.