From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvaletval‧et1 /ˈvælət, ˈvæleɪ $ væˈleɪ/ noun [countable] 1 DCBOa male servant who looks after a man’s clothes, serves his meals etc → maid2 (also valet parker American English)BOTTC someone who parks your car for you at a restaurant, hotel etc valet service3 British EnglishBODLT someone who cleans the clothes of people staying in a hotel
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valet• He had lived in castles and palaces, and been attended by courtiers, soldiers and valets.• The valet had gone down on his knees, his head pressed to the floor, his whole body visibly shaking.• Gaggia machines burbled on marble bars, new secretaries clicked across polished floors, uniformed valets twirled glass doors.• Oh, for the days when valets could actually leave keys in cars -- and not lose them.valetvalet2 verb [transitive] British English CLEANTTCto clean someone’s car a valeting service→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
valet• So here he was six months later valeting his clothes on a hot Sunday afternoon when any normal youth would be outside.• I had Cooper's respray the panel and valet the innards with hot steam.Origin valet (1400-1500) Old French vaslet, valet “young male servant”, from Medieval Latin vassellittus, from vassus; → VASSAL 