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valet

[va-lay, val-it, val-ay] / væˈleɪ, ˈvæl ɪt, ˈvæl eɪ /
NOUN
manservant
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NOUN
attendant
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While this particular penthouse has its own dedicated parking spot, the building also offers valet parking.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

And there's the allegation that Diana had said the King was in love with his valet, which the author himself says seemed improbable.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

When travelers arrive at the luxury terminal on the southern flank of LAX, they can valet their car and even get it washed while they’re away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

When Alice Lockey, a well-read lady’s maid to an aristocrat, meets the bookish Charlie, a valet, the match seems meant to be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

“I think that is all at present. I should now like to see the valet of M. Ratchett. By the way, did both you and he always travel second-class?”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

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

There are the unfussy, transactional valets in weathered strip malls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023

The valets helped each of the children down to the grass, which was soft and wet under their feet.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

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

One of my sisters who, like me, had failed to "marry well" valeted for her husband; but somehow that seemed to be all right.

From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

Karshare sorted out an insurance policy, the valeting of cars and key transfer.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2023

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

From Fox News ● Dec. 2, 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

Count Saxe had both, and did not like the business of valeting, even for kings.

From Francezka by Molly Elliot Seawell


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