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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Varlet  \Var"let\,  n.  [OF.  varlet,  vaslet,  vallet,  servant,  young 
  man,  young  noble,  dim  of  vassal.  See  {Vassal},  and  cf 
  {Valet}.] 
  1.  A  servant,  especially  to  a  knight;  an  attendant;  a  valet; 
  a  footman.  [Obs.]  --Spenser.  Tusser. 
 
  2.  Hence  a  low  fellow;  a  scoundrel;  a  rascal;  as  an 
  impudent  varlet. 
 
  What  a  brazen-faced  varlet  art  thou  !  --Shak. 
 
  3.  In  a  pack  of  playing  cards,  the  court  card  now  called  the 
  knave,  or  jack.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  varlet 
  n  1:  a  deceitful  and  unreliable  scoundrel  [syn:  {rogue},  {knave}, 
  {rascal},  {rapscallion},  {scalawag},  {scallywag}] 
  2:  in  medieval  times  a  youth  acting  as  a  knight's  attendant  as 
  the  first  stage  in  training  for  knighthood  [syn:  {page}]




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