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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OF.

varlet

vaslet

vallet

, servant, young man, young noble, dim. of

vassal

. See

, and cf.

A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman.

[Obs.]

Spenser. Tusser.

Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal;

as, an impudent

varlet

What a brazen-faced

varlet

art thou !

Shakespeare

In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the

knave

, or

jack

[Obs.]

Noun.

[See Valet.]

Anciently, a servant or footman.

A scoundrel; a rascal; as an impudent varlet.