1.  varlet(n = noun.person) knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scallywag - a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel;
is a kind of scoundrel, villain

2.  varlet(n = noun.person) page - in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood;
is a kind of attendant, attender, tender

1.  A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman. Spenser. Tusser. [1913 Webster]

2.  Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet. [1913 Webster]
"What a brazen-faced varlet art thou !" [1913 Webster]

3.  In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack. [1913 Webster]

varlet, n. archaic or joc.
1 a menial or rascal.
2 hist. a knight's attendant.

Derivative:
varletry n.

Etymology:
ME f. OF, var. of vaslet: see VALET

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