Thesaurus: varlet

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1. n. A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman.
2. n. Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet.
3. n. In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack.
4. n. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
5. n. in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
6. 1. A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman. [Obs.] Spenser. Tusser. 2. Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet. What a brazen-faced varlet art thou ! Shak. 3. In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack. [Obs.]
7. n a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel n in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood