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    [Noun]  | "var*let" | \ ˈvär-lət \


    1: attendant, menial

    2: a knight's page

    3: a base unprincipled person : knave


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English vadlet, valet, varlet "male servant, groom, knight's attendant," {mat|valet:1|};

    [Noun]  | "varlets" 


    1: a mean, evil, or unprincipled person;


      * e.g., " ... challenged the dastardly varlet to a duel "



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    [Noun]  | "varlet" 


    1: a mean, evil, or unprincipled person;


      * e.g., " ... challenged the dastardly varlet to a duel "



    •  Antonyms : 

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     [ "Varlet" ]

    1: A Shakespearean insult that is defined by the character of Thersites in the comedic tragedy, Troilus and Cressida, as a "masculine whore" (1.17). In other words, this is a 17th Century term for a manslut.

      * e.g.,  ... Thersites: Prithee, be silent, boy; I profit not from thy talk. Thou art said to be Achilles' male varlet. Patroclus: Male varlet, you rogue! What's that? Thersites: Why, his masculine whore. (Troilus and Cressida, Act 5 Scene 1, lines 13-17) 

     [ "varlet" ]

    1:  An attendant or servant.

      * e.g.,  ... What a brazen-faced varlet art thou ! 


     [ "varlet" ]

    2:  A knight's page.


     [ "varlet" ]

    3:  A rascal; a knave.

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