What does valet mean?
Definitions for valet
væˈleɪ, ˈvæl ɪt, ˈvæl eɪvalet
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word valet.
Princeton's WordNet
valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, manverb
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
"Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"
valetverb
serve as a personal attendant to
Wiktionary
valetnoun
A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
valetnoun
A hotel employee performing such duties for guests.
valetnoun
(professional wrestling) 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.
valetnoun
A female chaperone who accompanies a man, and is usually not married to him.
valetnoun
A person employed to clean or park cars.
valetnoun
A wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing.
valetverb
To clean and service (a car), as a valet does.
Etymology: French; related to vassal.
Webster Dictionary
Valetnoun
a male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant
Valetnoun
a kind of goad or stick with a point of iron
Etymology: [F. valet, OF. vallet, varlet, vaslet. See Varlet, and Vassal.]
Freebase
Valet
Valet and varlet are terms for male servants who serve as personal attendants to their employer. In the Middle Ages and Ancien Regime valet de chambre was a role for junior courtiers and specialists such as artists in a royal court, but the plain term most often refers to a normal servant responsible for the clothes and personal belongings of an employer, and making minor arrangements.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Valet
val′et, or val′ā, n. a man-servant, esp. one who attends on a gentleman's person.—v.t. to act as valet to.—n. Valet de place, in France, one who offers his services as guide, messenger, &c. for hire, esp. to strangers. [O. Fr.,—vaslet, later also varlet—Low L. vassalettus, dim. of vassalis, a vassal.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
VALET
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Valet is ranked #85659 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Valet surname appeared 218 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Valet.
61.9% or 135 total occurrences were White.
26.6% or 58 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
10.5% or 23 total occurrences were Black.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of valet in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of valet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of valet in a Sentence
I saw the valet hit the car in front from a parked position, he then must have panicked and hit the accelerator causing the Porsche to go further under the orange car and pushing the white car into the bollards.
Did I know anything about the industry really? Not until I started working on it, not until I had to go and bartend, and valet park cars and work construction while I auditioned for films. Then you know what hard work is to get into a film and try to be an actor.
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Translations for valet
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- خادمةArabic
- Kammerdiener, Diener, PutzerGerman
- παρκαδόροςGreek
- mánager, edecánSpanish
- hotellipalvelija, kamaripalvelija, miespalvelijaFinnish
- chaperon, valet de chambre, duègne, majordome, valet, voiturierFrench
- सेवकHindi
- inasHungarian
- parcheggiatoreItalian
- valetLatin
- личен слугаMacedonian
- gezelschapsdameDutch
- valetPortuguese
- камердинер, ординарец, дуэнья, слуга, вешалка, [[гостиничный]] [[работник]], денщикRussian
- คนรับใช้Thai
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