Valet and Varlet are terms for male servants who serve as personal attendants to their employer. In the Middle Ages, the valet de chambre to a ruler was a prestigious appointment for youngs though in England, unlike France, these court roles later came to be called "grooms". In English, valet "personal man-servant" is recorded since 1567, though use of the term in the French-speaking English medieval court is older, and the variant form varlet is cited from 1456.

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  • Valet and Varlet are terms for male servants who serve as personal attendants to their employer. In the Middle Ages, the valet de chambre to a ruler was a prestigious appointment for youngs though in England, unlike France, these court roles later came to be called "grooms". In English, valet "personal man-servant" is recorded since 1567, though use of the term in the French-speaking English medieval court is older, and the variant form varlet is cited from 1456. Both are French importations of valet (the t being silent) or varlet, Old French variants of vaslet "man's servant," originally "squire, young man," assumed to be from Gallo-Romance *vassellittus "young nobleman, squire, page," diminutive of Medieval Latin vassallus, from vassus "servant", possibly cognate to an Old Celtic root wasso- "young man, squire" (source of Welsh gwas "youth, servant," Breton goaz "servant, vassal, man," Irish foss "servant"). See yeoman, possibly derived from yonge man. The modern use is usually short for the valet de chambre (French for 'bedroom valet'), described in the following section. Since the 16th century, the word has traditionally been pronounced as rhyming with pallet, though an alternative pronunciation, rhyming with chalet, is now common, especially in American English. The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary lists both pronunciations.
  • Ein Diener (auch Hausdiener oder Kammerdiener, beim Adel oft Leibdiener, bei Monarchen auch Kammerhusar) ist im herkömmlichen Sinne ein Mitglied des Hausgesindes, also ein abhängig Arbeitender, der für seinen Arbeitgeber oder Dienstherrn bestimmte häusliche Pflichten erfüllt, die dieser nicht ausüben kann oder möchte.
  • Betjänt är en man eller pojke som är anställd att utföra husligt arbete i sin arbetsgivares hem; det är en ungefärlig manlig motsvarighet till hembiträde. En betjänt är ofta inneboende hos sin arbetsgivare. I vissa länder, till exempel Storbritannien, har manliga betjänter många gånger varit en ganska vanlig tjänstefolkskategori. I andra länder, till exempel Sverige, har det i stället oftast varit kvinnor som dominerat bland de husligt anställda, främst i form av hembiträden och barnflickor. Ordet betjänt användes i svenskan fram till och med 1800-talet för att beteckna det som i idag kallas tjänsteman. Det som i dag kallas betjänt benämndes då vanligen lakej.
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  • Valet and Varlet are terms for male servants who serve as personal attendants to their employer. In the Middle Ages, the valet de chambre to a ruler was a prestigious appointment for youngs though in England, unlike France, these court roles later came to be called "grooms". In English, valet "personal man-servant" is recorded since 1567, though use of the term in the French-speaking English medieval court is older, and the variant form varlet is cited from 1456.
  • Ein Diener (auch Hausdiener oder Kammerdiener, beim Adel oft Leibdiener, bei Monarchen auch Kammerhusar) ist im herkömmlichen Sinne ein Mitglied des Hausgesindes, also ein abhängig Arbeitender, der für seinen Arbeitgeber oder Dienstherrn bestimmte häusliche Pflichten erfüllt, die dieser nicht ausüben kann oder möchte.
  • Betjänt är en man eller pojke som är anställd att utföra husligt arbete i sin arbetsgivares hem; det är en ungefärlig manlig motsvarighet till hembiträde. En betjänt är ofta inneboende hos sin arbetsgivare. I vissa länder, till exempel Storbritannien, har manliga betjänter många gånger varit en ganska vanlig tjänstefolkskategori.
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  • Valet
  • Diener
  • Betjänt
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