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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

He has recently developed a mobile app to make bookings for a barber's shop and a valet parking app for a Saudi client.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

A hero obligingly appears in the shape of Charlie Wells, valet to one of the aristocratic guests visiting Marlecombe Park.

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

For most of those years, Billy Lee had been Washington’s valet, “body servant,” or personal manservant.

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

A total of 84 generals and 22 lower-ranking officers were held in the house -- known as No. 11 Camp -- between 1942 and 1945, served by valets and even allowed out on day trips.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

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

The old valets who were let go during the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 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

One of the valets ran out ahead of him, opened the door, and put his back against it, as if it might attack the king as he passed through.

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

But he only checked the ticket on 2 February after finding it when he had to clear his car out before it was valeted.

From BBC Feb. 20, 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

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

Any one who has valeted a dead Salvation Army captain in an uncertain light will appreciate the difficulty. 

From Reginald in Russia and other sketches by Saki

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

The valeting in that house was unexceptionable, and the service at table was of a dress-coated decorum worthy of finer dinners than were ever eaten there.

From London Films by William Dean Howells




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