valet

Meaning

Noun

1. A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
2. A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
3. 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.
4. A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.
5. (US) A person employed to clean or park cars.
6. A person employed to assist the jockey and trainer at a racecourse.
7. A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing.
8. A kind of goad or stick with an iron point.

Verb

1. (transitive) To serve (someone) as a valet.
2. (Ireland, UK, transitive) To clean and service (a car), as a valet does.
3. (US, transitive) To leave (a car) with a valet to park it.

Synonyms

servant

lackey

manservant

maid

attendant

footman

batman

valet de chambre

gentleman

🤵‍♂️

altar boy

acolyte

flunkey

chambermaid

follower

steward

man

👨

gentleman’s gentleman

personal attendant

subserve

varlet

man servant

clothes valet

valet stand

dependant

fag

flunky

gopher

handyman

housemaid

jack

knave

menial

orderly

retainer

serve

server

service

servitor

soldier

staff

Translations

valet

Kammerdiener

Diener

uşak

ayuda de cámara

valletto

θαλαμηπόλος

καμαριέρης

cameriere

criado

valet de chambre

servant

υπηρέτης

Begleiter

serviteur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvæleɪ/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Irish: foss

Cognate with Welsh: gwas

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French valet, from Old French vaslet, from Medieval Latin *vassellittus, diminutive of Late Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas). Doublet of varlet.