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| val·et [ vállət ] |
noun (plural val·ets) |
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1. somebody performing car parking service: somebody employed to park the cars of people arriving at a hotel, restaurant, or airport and bring the cars back for them on departure
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2. male hotel or passenger ship employee: a male employee whose duties include cleaning the clothes of hotel guests or passengers on ships
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3. male servant: a male personal servant of a man, whose duties include taking care of his employer's clothes and providing his meals
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verb (past and past participle val·et·ed, present participle val·et·ing, 3rd person present singular val·ets) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb work as valet: to work as a valet or provide valet services to somebody
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2. transitive verb clean car: to clean somebody's car in return for payment
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3. intransitive verb use valet parking: to use the services of a valet to park a car
  We valeted our car and entered the casino.
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| [15th century. < French< assumed medieval Latin vassus "servant to a knight"] |
