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valet noun [ ˈvalɪt ]

• a man's personal male attendant, who is responsible for his clothes and appearance.
Similar: manservant, man, personal attendant, gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, valet de chambre, batman,
• a person employed to clean or park cars.
• "he handed his keys to the parking valet"

valet verb

• act as a valet to (a particular man).
• "one evening when I was valeting him, Mr Charles told me he had met my father"
• clean (a car), especially on the inside.
• "try not to spill anything on the seat—I just had the thing valeted"
Origin: late 15th century (denoting a footman acting as an attendant to a horseman): from French; related to vassal.


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