Valet-de-place
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 In France, a person who offered his services as a guide, messenger, etc. for hire, especially to strangers. historical
"I therefore added to my own English servants […] a Frenchman, who had formerly served me as valet de place, and of whom I had a very good opinion."
Example
More examples"I therefore added to my own English servants […] a Frenchman, who had formerly served me as valet de place, and of whom I had a very good opinion."
Etymology
Borrowed from French [Term?].
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