valet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
    valet de chambre; man; gentleman; gentleman's gentleman.
    • Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man
  2. verb serve as a personal attendant to

WordNet

Val"et noun
Etymology
F. valet, OF. vallet, varlet, vaslet. See Varlet, and Vassal.
Definitions
  1. A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.
  2. (Man.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.

Webster 1913