Category:Varlet

Var"let, n. Etym: [of. varlet, vaslet, vallet, servant, young man, Young noble, dim of vassal. See vassal, and cf. Valet.]

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.]