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VARLETS
Noun
varlets
plural of varlet
Anagrams
• retvals, travels, vestral
Source: Wiktionary
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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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