valet
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
French; related to vassal.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
valet (plural valets)
- A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
- A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
- (professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.
- A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.
- A person employed to clean or park cars.
- A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing.
[edit] Synonyms
- (personal attendant): butler (proscribed)
[edit] Translations
A man's personal male attendant
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A female performer in professional wrestling
A female chaperone who accompanies a man
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A hotel employee performing such duties for guests
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A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing
[edit] Verb
valet (third-person singular simple present valets, present participle valeting, simple past and past participle valeted)
- (transitive) To clean and service (a car), as a valet does.
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
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[edit] Noun
valet m. (plural valets)
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
valet
- third-person singular present active indicative of valeō
[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit] Noun
valet n.
- singular definite of val
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Noun
valet m.
- (card games) a jack in a deck of cards
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
valet
- definite singular of val
