A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman. [Obs.] Spenser. Tusser.
Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet. What a brazen-faced varlet art thou ! Shak.
In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack. [Obs.]
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