6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
noun a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
noun in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
originFrom Middle English varlet, varlette, from Old French varlet, variant of vadlet, vallet, vaslet. Doublet of valet.
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