Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun Archaic.
- a knavish person; rascal.
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- an attendant or servant.
- a page who serves a knight.
noun archaic
- a menial servant
- a knight’s page
- a rascal
mid-15c., “servant, attendant of a knight,” from Middle French varlet (14c.), variant of vaslet, originally “squire, young man,” from Old French vassal (see vassal). The meaning “rascal, rogue” is 1540s.