Definition of "varlet" []

• An attendant or servant. (noun)
• A knight's page. (noun)
• A rascal; a knave. (noun)

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• "She called the varlet within the chapel, and showed him this wonder."
• "A varlet is a valet who has come down, and down, and down, and down again in the world, till, from once having been the servant and the trusty friend of the very best of masters, he has come to be the ally and accomplice of the very worst of masters."
• ""And 'varlet' is the wrong gender, anyway," observed Bess."