valetn.

Brit.

/ˈvalᵻt/,

/ˈvaleɪ/, U.S.

/væˈleɪ/,

/ˈvælət/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s vallet (1500s -ett, Scottish wallett), 1600s valett; 1700s Scottish vallie.

Etymology: < French valet, Old French valet, vallet, vaslet, probably related to vassal n. and adj. Compare vadelect n., valect n., and varlet n.

1. A man-servant performing duties chiefly relating to the person of his master; a gentleman's personal attendant.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet

manc1175

valet1567

varlet of the chamber1567

point-trusser1594

valect1610

valet-de-chambre1646

Andrew1700

gentleman's gentleman1704

bearer1727

sirdar-bearer1782

sardar1816

tiring-man1856

Jeeves1952

1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. i. sig. Bii^v Not worthy any waye to be vallet to the worste of us.

1587 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 181 Ane of the vallettis of the Kingis Majesteis chalmer.

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 333 At this day, a Diener, seruant or vallet is both in Alemanique and Belgique called Ein Knecht.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 113 Before the Dame, and round about, March'd Whifflers, and Staffiers on foot, With Lacquies, Grooms, Valets, and Pages.

1691 Satyr against French 15 That Gentleman does much himself forget, Who in his Chamber has not French Vallet.

1691 Satyr against French 25 From hence they'd fly,..And leave not one poor Vallet here behind.

1719 W. Hamilton Epist. to Ramsay ii. viii I wad nae care to be thy vallie, Or thy recorder.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 181 We have taken an occasional valet, whom I intend hereafter to hire as my own servant.

a1845 R. H. Barham Knight & Lady in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 279 Thompson, the Valet, Look'd gravely at Sally.

1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. vi. 218 The rich man's valet studies his master's temper and caprices.

1885 Athenæum 26 Sept. 393/2 The chief characters in his plays are heavy fathers and confidential valets.

figurative.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. i. 6 Which would not end till ‘France’ (La France, as she named her royal valet) finally mustered heart to see Choiseul.

2. Military. A footman acting as attendant or servant to a horseman. rare. (Cf. varlet n. 1b.)

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > military servant > [noun]

knighta1100

squirec1290

page?a1400

custrona1425

varlet1470

custrel1474

esquire1477

servitora1513

valet1591

stokaghea1599

calo1617

bedet1633

Tartar1747

batman1755

goujat1776

waiter1828

striker1867

beltman1869

doggy1909

dingbat1918

batwoman1941

1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 269 There be..two quarters for horsemen, the which their vallets are to entrench with a smal trench.

1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics xiii. 281 They became terror-struck when they perceived that the French caused dismounted horsemen to be put to death by their valets.

Compounds

C1.

a. Appositive, as valet-courier, valet harquebusier, valet maid, valet-musician.

ΚΠ

1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. K4 [A horseman] who..shall quitte his horse and serue on foot, prouided that hee haue with him a vallet Harquebutier.

1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 5 The Archbishop of Saltzburg..entertained him in the capacity of valet-musician.

1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. 32 The clever old valet maid that waited on them.

1897 ‘H. S. Merriman’ In Kedar's Tents xxii. 243 A valet-courier of taciturn habit.

b. Attributive.

valet judgement n.

ΚΠ

1855 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) IV. 354 Sublime to the valet judgment.

valet service n.

ΚΠ

1939 R. Stout Some Buried Caesar xvi. 233 You should have put on some old clothes. The valet service here is terrible.

1981 D. Boggis Time to Betray i. 9 Rousselot wore a different pair of expensive slacks, with the abandon of a man used to valet service.

valet world n.

ΚΠ

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. iv. 35 It is to the sham-hero that..the valet-world belongs.

C2.

valet parking n. North American a service provided at a restaurant, etc., in which an attendant parks patrons' motor vehicles.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > a parking place > area where caravans may be parked > service provided at a restaurant, etc.

valet parking1960

1960 Britannica Bk. of Year 558/1 Valet parking..referred to a system in which an attendant was responsible for parking the car.

1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 Nov. 16/7 A swish little marquee blinks out an offer of valet parking.

1984 Tampa (Florida) Tribune 5 Apr. 3 d/5 Reservations are due for the Scholarship Night at Tampa Jai-Alai Fronton... Valet parking is available.

valet-park v. [as a back-formation]

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (transitive)] > have one's car parked by an attendant

valet-park1983

1983 C. Hyde Tenth Flight ix. 87 They valet-parked the Triumph and they made the flight with ten minutes to spare.

Derivatives

ˈvaletage n. the service rendered by a valet.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet > action or position of

valet-de-chambreship1779

valethood1843

valeting1857

valetage1890

1890 Sat. Rev. 17 May 588/2 The vassalage or the valetage is prompted by an honest personal devotion, like that of Tom Steele to O'Connell.

ˈvalethood n. the state or condition of being a valet.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet > action or position of

valet-de-chambreship1779

valethood1843

valeting1857

valetage1890

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. ix. 116 The fruit of long ages of confirmed Valethood,..cloth-worship and quack-worship.

ˈvaletism n. the character or spirit of a valet.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet > character or spirit of

valetism1875

1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xiii. 183 To far other persons besides the valet by reason of his valetism, does the hero often cease to be a hero.

Draft additions December 2003

Originally and chiefly U.S. A (usually metal or wooden) rack on which clothing may be hung in order to retain its shape, facilitate efficient dressing, etc. Also occasionally in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > rack for

fripperya1625

portmanteau1728

clothes-rack1857

rack1889

valet1942

1942 N.Y. Times 22 Nov. 34 (advt.) Give him a valet rack to keep his clothes in apple-pie order. This perfect ‘servant’ holds his suit, shirt, tie, undies, socks and shoes in complete readiness for speedy dressing.

1980 TWA Ambassador Oct. 92/3 Plot in this post-Vonnegut, post-Brautigan novel is really little more than a rickety valet upon which to hang changes of rhetoric.

2003 Interior Design Jan. 103/2 Their customizable contemporary valet, constructed from aluminum, stainless steel, and either fiberboard or hardwood, includes hangers, tie rack, mirror, and shelf.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

valetv.

Brit.

/ˈvalᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈvælət/

Etymology: < valet n.

a. transitive. To wait upon, to attend or serve, as a valet.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > attend as servant [verb (intransitive)] > act as valet

valet1840

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > attend upon as servant [verb (transitive)] > as valet

valet1840

1840 J. T. J. Hewlett Peter Priggins xx, in New Monthly Mag. He always comes down to college to valet me, take my things away to brush, and so on.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 14 Fancy me waited upon and valeted by a stout party in black, of quiet, gentlemanly manners.

1886 A. Griffiths Pauper Peer i If he keeps no servant, the proprietor of the establishment will valet him.

reflexive.1893 McCarthy Dictator i In the most splendid days of Gloria, he had always valeted himself.absolute.1885 G. Allen Babylon II. xv. 25 But can he valet, I wonder?

b. To look after (clothes, etc.).

ΚΠ

1931 [see valeting n. at Derivatives]. 1951 [see valeting n. at Derivatives].

c. To clean (a motor vehicle).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning other miscellaneous things > clean other miscellaneous things [verb (transitive)] > clean a vehicle

valet1972

detail1981

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > test, service and store motor vehicles [verb (transitive)] > clean motor vehicle

valet1972

detail1981

1972 Drive Spring 147/1 It's not difficult to imagine an owner confining his chauffeur to valeting the car, while he hogs the driving.

1976 Star (Sheffield) 20 Nov. (advt.) Young Man wanted..to serve petrol, valet cars, take forecourt enquiries.

Derivatives

ˈvaleting n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet > action or position of

valet-de-chambreship1779

valethood1843

valeting1857

valetage1890

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iii. 63 He would have gone without nether integuments altogether, sooner than have had recourse to female valeting.

1861 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 77 I have all the valeting to do myself.

1931 Times 16 Mar. 1/3 (advt.) Clothes valeting... They will stand years of hard wear if you send them to us to be turned.

1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 296/1 Careful valeting lengthens the life of clothes.

1976 Drive Jan.–Feb. 11/2 The eight suggestions that, in order of importance, would contribute most to the economical running and upkeep of the average family car were: 1 regular servicing;..5 regular valeting.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	valet
释义	valetn. Brit. /ˈvalᵻt/, /ˈvaleɪ/, U.S. /væˈleɪ/, /ˈvælət/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s vallet (1500s -ett, Scottish wallett), 1600s valett; 1700s Scottish vallie. Etymology: < French valet, Old French valet, vallet, vaslet, probably related to vassal n. and adj. Compare vadelect n., valect n., and varlet n. 1. A man-servant performing duties chiefly relating to the person of his master; a gentleman's personal attendant. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet manc1175 valet1567 varlet of the chamber1567 point-trusser1594 valect1610 valet-de-chambre1646 Andrew1700 gentleman's gentleman1704 bearer1727 sirdar-bearer1782 sardar1816 tiring-man1856 Jeeves1952 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. i. sig. Bii^v Not worthy any waye to be vallet to the worste of us. 1587 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 181 Ane of the vallettis of the Kingis Majesteis chalmer. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 333 At this day, a Diener, seruant or vallet is both in Alemanique and Belgique called Ein Knecht. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 113 Before the Dame, and round about, March'd Whifflers, and Staffiers on foot, With Lacquies, Grooms, Valets, and Pages. 1691 Satyr against French 15 That Gentleman does much himself forget, Who in his Chamber has not French Vallet. 1691 Satyr against French 25 From hence they'd fly,..And leave not one poor Vallet here behind. 1719 W. Hamilton Epist. to Ramsay ii. viii I wad nae care to be thy vallie, Or thy recorder. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 181 We have taken an occasional valet, whom I intend hereafter to hire as my own servant. a1845 R. H. Barham Knight & Lady in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 279 Thompson, the Valet, Look'd gravely at Sally. 1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. vi. 218 The rich man's valet studies his master's temper and caprices. 1885 Athenæum 26 Sept. 393/2 The chief characters in his plays are heavy fathers and confidential valets. figurative.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. i. 6 Which would not end till ‘France’ (La France, as she named her royal valet) finally mustered heart to see Choiseul. 2. Military. A footman acting as attendant or servant to a horseman. rare. (Cf. varlet n. 1b.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > military servant > [noun] knighta1100 squirec1290 page?a1400 custrona1425 varlet1470 custrel1474 esquire1477 servitora1513 valet1591 stokaghea1599 calo1617 bedet1633 Tartar1747 batman1755 goujat1776 waiter1828 striker1867 beltman1869 doggy1909 dingbat1918 batwoman1941 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 269 There be..two quarters for horsemen, the which their vallets are to entrench with a smal trench. 1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics xiii. 281 They became terror-struck when they perceived that the French caused dismounted horsemen to be put to death by their valets. Compounds C1. a. Appositive, as valet-courier, valet harquebusier, valet maid, valet-musician. ΚΠ 1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. K4 [A horseman] who..shall quitte his horse and serue on foot, prouided that hee haue with him a vallet Harquebutier. 1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 5 The Archbishop of Saltzburg..entertained him in the capacity of valet-musician. 1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. 32 The clever old valet maid that waited on them. 1897 ‘H. S. Merriman’ In Kedar's Tents xxii. 243 A valet-courier of taciturn habit. b. Attributive. valet judgement n. ΚΠ 1855 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) IV. 354 Sublime to the valet judgment. valet service n. ΚΠ 1939 R. Stout Some Buried Caesar xvi. 233 You should have put on some old clothes. The valet service here is terrible. 1981 D. Boggis Time to Betray i. 9 Rousselot wore a different pair of expensive slacks, with the abandon of a man used to valet service. valet world n. ΚΠ 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. iv. 35 It is to the sham-hero that..the valet-world belongs. C2. valet parking n. North American a service provided at a restaurant, etc., in which an attendant parks patrons' motor vehicles. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > a parking place > area where caravans may be parked > service provided at a restaurant, etc. valet parking1960 1960 Britannica Bk. of Year 558/1 Valet parking..referred to a system in which an attendant was responsible for parking the car. 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 Nov. 16/7 A swish little marquee blinks out an offer of valet parking. 1984 Tampa (Florida) Tribune 5 Apr. 3 d/5 Reservations are due for the Scholarship Night at Tampa Jai-Alai Fronton... Valet parking is available. valet-park v. [as a back-formation] ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (transitive)] > have one's car parked by an attendant valet-park1983 1983 C. Hyde Tenth Flight ix. 87 They valet-parked the Triumph and they made the flight with ten minutes to spare. Derivatives ˈvaletage n. the service rendered by a valet. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet > action or position of valet-de-chambreship1779 valethood1843 valeting1857 valetage1890 1890 Sat. Rev. 17 May 588/2 The vassalage or the valetage is prompted by an honest personal devotion, like that of Tom Steele to O'Connell. ˈvalethood n. the state or condition of being a valet. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet > action or position of valet-de-chambreship1779 valethood1843 valeting1857 valetage1890 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. ix. 116 The fruit of long ages of confirmed Valethood,..cloth-worship and quack-worship. ˈvaletism n. the character or spirit of a valet. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet > character or spirit of valetism1875 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xiii. 183 To far other persons besides the valet by reason of his valetism, does the hero often cease to be a hero. Draft additions December 2003 Originally and chiefly U.S. A (usually metal or wooden) rack on which clothing may be hung in order to retain its shape, facilitate efficient dressing, etc. Also occasionally in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > rack for fripperya1625 portmanteau1728 clothes-rack1857 rack1889 valet1942 1942 N.Y. Times 22 Nov. 34 (advt.) Give him a valet rack to keep his clothes in apple-pie order. This perfect ‘servant’ holds his suit, shirt, tie, undies, socks and shoes in complete readiness for speedy dressing. 1980 TWA Ambassador Oct. 92/3 Plot in this post-Vonnegut, post-Brautigan novel is really little more than a rickety valet upon which to hang changes of rhetoric. 2003 Interior Design Jan. 103/2 Their customizable contemporary valet, constructed from aluminum, stainless steel, and either fiberboard or hardwood, includes hangers, tie rack, mirror, and shelf. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). valetv. Brit. /ˈvalᵻt/, U.S. /ˈvælət/ Etymology: < valet n. a. transitive. To wait upon, to attend or serve, as a valet. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > attend as servant [verb (intransitive)] > act as valet valet1840 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > attend upon as servant [verb (transitive)] > as valet valet1840 1840 J. T. J. Hewlett Peter Priggins xx, in New Monthly Mag. He always comes down to college to valet me, take my things away to brush, and so on. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 14 Fancy me waited upon and valeted by a stout party in black, of quiet, gentlemanly manners. 1886 A. Griffiths Pauper Peer i If he keeps no servant, the proprietor of the establishment will valet him. reflexive.1893 McCarthy Dictator i In the most splendid days of Gloria, he had always valeted himself.absolute.1885 G. Allen Babylon II. xv. 25 But can he valet, I wonder? b. To look after (clothes, etc.). ΚΠ 1931 [see valeting n. at Derivatives]. 1951 [see valeting n. at Derivatives]. c. To clean (a motor vehicle). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning other miscellaneous things > clean other miscellaneous things [verb (transitive)] > clean a vehicle valet1972 detail1981 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > test, service and store motor vehicles [verb (transitive)] > clean motor vehicle valet1972 detail1981 1972 Drive Spring 147/1 It's not difficult to imagine an owner confining his chauffeur to valeting the car, while he hogs the driving. 1976 Star (Sheffield) 20 Nov. (advt.) Young Man wanted..to serve petrol, valet cars, take forecourt enquiries. Derivatives ˈvaleting n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > valet > action or position of valet-de-chambreship1779 valethood1843 valeting1857 valetage1890 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iii. 63 He would have gone without nether integuments altogether, sooner than have had recourse to female valeting. 1861 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 77 I have all the valeting to do myself. 1931 Times 16 Mar. 1/3 (advt.) Clothes valeting... They will stand years of hard wear if you send them to us to be turned. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 296/1 Careful valeting lengthens the life of clothes. 1976 Drive Jan.–Feb. 11/2 The eight suggestions that, in order of importance, would contribute most to the economical running and upkeep of the average family car were: 1 regular servicing;..5 regular valeting. 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