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Meanings of valet in English

Catalan
home de confiança
Spanish
ayuda de cámara

A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer.

        home de confiança
        Portuguese
        valet
        Catalan
        ajudant de cambra

        Male domestic workers and personal attendants to their employer.

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              Usage of valet in English
              1
              Rotfeld brought the money three days later, in a large valet case.
              The Golem and the Jinni
              2
              His valet saw him frown and asked, 'Is something amiss, Sir Paul?'
              For my Country’s Freedom
              3
              I am the simple valet of two gentlemen living in the hotel.
              The Pawns Count
              4
              The waiter and the valet had rushed out of the service room.
              The Lost Ambassador; Or, The Search For The Missing Delora
              5
              The valet I had hired had entered the room with the shoemaker.
              The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
              6
              In about five minutes his valet appeared, half-dressed and looking very drowsy.
              The picture of Dorian Gray
              7
              He told me to put the laboratory in order, said the valet.
              The Alkahest
              8
              The valet, I believe, was in some other part of the house.
              The Inn at the Red Oak
              9
              The valet de chambre now reentered the room, and approached the prince.
              Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel
              10
              He is a valet to a gentleman who lives in the country.
              Fire-Tongue
              11
              We have mentioned the valet, the barber, the wardrobe-keeper, and the amanuensis.
              Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
              12
              A maid and a valet comprised the whole of the indoor staff.
              The Clue of the Twisted Candle
              13
              Her maid and the valet of Grotius were entrusted with the secret.
              The Life of Hugo Grotius / With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Eccl...
              14
              He looks as if he has just come fresh from his valet.
              Jonathan strange and mr norrell
              15
              While I waited for his valet to come I made my plan.
              The Fifth Head of Cerberus
              16
              But it did not escape the quick eye of Del Mar's valet.
              The Romance of Elaine / Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"
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              Portuguese
              valet
              Valet through the time
              Valet across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common