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valet

[va-ley, val-it, val-ey] / væˈleɪ, ˈvæl ɪt, ˈvæl eɪ /
NOUN
manservant
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NOUN
attendant
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Christos, a valet at a major Athens hotel, was more irritated.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

When a lady’s maid and a houseguest’s valet fall for each other, they form a plan to unite their incompatible employers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

And a $10 charge for trash hauling and $15 for valet trash service, on top of several other fees.

From MarketWatch Jun. 2, 2026

On the Fine and Country website, the property is listed as having seven en-suite bedrooms, a valet car garage and a large drawing room.

From BBC May 30, 2026

And Christopher Sheels, the young man who had taken Billy Lee’s favored place as valet, also made a grab for freedom.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

The valets in the lobby summon golf carts with a flick of the wrist, graciously driving me back and forth from the parking lot.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2026

Instead, he plowed money into services such as ski valets, who wear yellow jackets and help guests carry their gear.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 1, 2026

"From valets to duchesses, from three-piece suits to the Roaring Twenties, there is something for every taste," it boasts on its website.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

For Stuart Morkun, the developer who oversaw construction of the recently completed Figueroa Eight skyscraper, it was the porte cochere, where residents leave their cars with valets, that really stood out.

From Los Angeles Times May 2, 2024

And reflecting this unease, the visiting valets and footmen appeared to regard one another with marked coldness and my own staff were rather glad to be too busy to spend much time with them.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Besides having a lovely meal, I valeted my car with ease, which allowed me to stroll down the block for a post-dinner constitutional without having to remember which public garage I parked in.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 11, 2023

There was plenty of street parking on Thursday night outside of Il Bacco Italian restaurant in Little Neck, Queens, but we valeted the car anyway.

From Slate Jan. 13, 2023

It applies to services too, like having your nails done or getting your car valeted.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2021

Garage parking in Manhattan is almost universally valeted, which, on the one hand, provides some measure of security — but also evokes the valet joyride scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

From The Verge Jul. 26, 2015

Then I found the man that had valeted Scudder, and pumped him, but I could see he suspected nothing.

From The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

Instead, Saleh recalled shoveling snow and valeting cars for the actual guests.

From Fox News Dec. 2, 2021

Zykiah, 15, decided to set up the company after his family bought him a car valeting kit for Christmas.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2021

Liu and Awkwafina effortlessly riff off each other about the struggles of being the children of Asian and immigrant parents with high expectations, and often defend the valiant, underappreciated profession of valeting.

From Salon Sep. 3, 2021

Maybe that’s what angels do, valeting their wings at the end of a hard day’s flight.

From The New Yorker Aug. 31, 2018

M. de Luxembourg was very pompous and very slow, and there was nothing that Lord Eglinton hated worse than what he called amateur valeting.

From Petticoat Rule by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy




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