Noun: varlet vaa(r)-lut
- In medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
"The varlet dreamed of one day becoming a knight himself";
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- [archaic] A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
"The varlet swindled several investors before being caught";
- rogue, knave [archaic], rascal, rapscallion, scalawag [N. Amer], scallywag, scallawag
Derived forms: varlets
Type of: attendant, attender, scoundrel, tender, villain
Encyclopedia: Varlet