Varlet: alternatives and connections

Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.

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One who, or that which, attends.

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A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.

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One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.

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A boy; especially, a boy servant.

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A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in Engl…

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A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow.

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One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a d…

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A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

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A scamp; a scapegrace.

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