What does "varlet" mean?
Varlet: Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet. What a brazen-faced varlet art thou ! Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack. [Obs.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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