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varlet

noun var·let \ˈvär-lət\

Definition of VARLET

1

a : attendant, menial

b : a knight's page

2

: a base unprincipled person : knave

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Origin of VARLET

Middle English valet, vadlet, varlet servant, boy — more at valet

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to VARLET

Synonyms: baddie (or baddy), beast, brute, caitiff, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, meanie (also meany), miscreant, monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, villain, wretch

Rhymes with VARLET

charlotte, harlot, scarlet, starlet

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