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varlet
(encz) | varlet,darebák n: Zdeněk Brož |
varlet
(encz) | varlet,ničema n: Zdeněk Brož |
varlet
(encz) | varlet,pacholek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Varlet
(gcide) | Varlet \Var"let\, n. [OF. varlet, vaslet, vallet, servant, young
man, young noble, dim. of vassal. See Vassal, and cf.
Valet.]
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1. A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet;
a footman. [Obs.] --Spenser. Tusser.
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2. Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an
impudent varlet.
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What a brazen-faced varlet art thou ! --Shak.
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3. In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the
knave, or jack. [Obs.]
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varlet
(wn) | varlet
n 1: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue,
knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag,
varlet]
2: in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as
the first stage in training for knighthood [syn: page,
varlet] |
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Varlet
(gcide) | Varlet \Var"let\, n. [OF. varlet, vaslet, vallet, servant, young
man, young noble, dim. of vassal. See Vassal, and cf.
Valet.]
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1. A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet;
a footman. [Obs.] --Spenser. Tusser.
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2. Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an
impudent varlet.
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What a brazen-faced varlet art thou ! --Shak.
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3. In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the
knave, or jack. [Obs.]
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Varletry
(gcide) | Varletry \Var"let*ry\, n. [Cf. OF. valeterie the young unmarried
nobles.]
The rabble; the crowd; the mob.
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Shall they hoist me up,
And show me to the shouting varletry
Of censuring Rome. --Shak.
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