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noun
Varlet  n.  
1.
A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman. (Obs.)
2.
Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet. "What a brazen-faced varlet art thou!"
3.
In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack. (Obs.)





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"Varlet" Quotes from Famous Books



... have often more respect for a varlet, than for God. A man who firmly believes, that God sees every thing, and that he is omniscient and omnipresent, will be guilty, when alone, of actions, which he would never do in presence of the meanest ...
— Good Sense - 1772 • Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach
... varlet, stand you forth and speak to him, Like a philosopher: answer in the language. Name the vexations, and the martyrisations Of metals in ...
— The Alchemist • Ben Jonson
... trial. An investigation had been gone into regarding the Calle de Plateros affair—private, however, before Santa Anna himself, the world not being made the wiser for it. Its results were all in their favour, thanks to the stern, stubborn fidelity of Jose, who lied like a very varlet. Such a circumstantial story told he, no one could suspect him of complicity in the escape of the forsados; far less that his mistress, or the Condesa Almonte had to ...
— The Free Lances - A Romance of the Mexican Valley • Mayne Reid
... Sir Godfrey, and uttered much more horrible language entirely unfit for general use. "What the Jeofailes does the varlet mean by threatening an Englishman in his own house? I should like to know who lives here? I should like to ...
— The Dragon of Wantley - His Tale • Owen Wister
... Ay, thou varlet!—Laugh away! All the world's a holiday! Laugh away, and roar and shout Till thy hoarse tongue lolleth out! Bloat thy cheeks, and bulge thine eyes Unto bursting; pelt thy thighs With thy swollen palms, and roar As thou never hast before! Lustier! ...
— Riley Songs of Home • James Whitcomb Riley


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