Postby Stargzer » Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:37 pm
Speaking of unsavory people . . .
varlet
SYLLABICATION: var·let
PRONUNCIATION: vär
' lĭt
NOUN: 1. An attendant or servant. 2. A knight's page. 3. A rascal; a knave.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, from Old French, variant of
vaslet. See
valet.
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Etymology:
varlet
1456, "servant, attendant of a knight," from M.Fr.
varlet (14c.), variant of
vaslet, originally "squire, young man," from O.Fr.
vassal (see
vassal). The meaning "rascal, rogue" is 1550.
Regards//Larry
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