valet

noun

Definition of valetnext
as in butler

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Recent Examples of valet Minutes after the victim retrieved her vehicle from the valet and left, the report said, Brown’s vehicle was seen leaving a nearby parking garage. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 According to court paperwork, Jurkovec, 26, stole a box truck from the hospital's valet garage on Route 19. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 Sykes said the affair rumor originated with George Smith, another valet in the prince’s household. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2026 The beach valet will set you up in comfy yellow chairs under a sun umbrella and lend the kids sand toys. — Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for valet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for valet
  1. butler
  2. manservant
  3. footman
  4. houseman
  5. servant
  6. groom
  7. houseboy
  8. majordomo
Noun
  • That could mean moving appliances and food storage into a separate space, such as a stand-alone pantry cabinet, a full-on prep kitchen or a butler’s pantry.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The butler’s pantry joins the kitchen and formal dining room and features a Sub-Zero wine refrigerator and built-ins.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of butler
Noun
  • The Your Friends and Neighbors star plays a character named Lee, Adam’s Chinese American manservant, in East of Eden.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The only person who knows Diego’s secret is Bernardo (Salvatore Ficarra), his mute manservant.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026
Definition of manservant
Noun
  • Ben Ahlers plays Jack Trotter, formerly the van Rhijn footman and now a man of means since his clock invention patent was sold.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Fawcett joined the royal household as a footman to Queen Elizabeth in 1981 and rose through the ranks to become Charles’ valet and then head of The Prince’s Foundation, a nonprofit that funds his favorite charitable causes.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of footman
Noun
  • Garcia has held various positions at the restaurant and hotel, working his way up from a hotel houseman to a waiter at the restaurant and now a manager.
    — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The 25-year-old earned around $28 an hour as a night houseman on the evening shift at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Feb. 2025
Definition of houseman
Noun
  • Particularly for a character like this, who is literally a servant and has to exist in the hollows created by other people in that world — that’s a very useful tool for me as an actor.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Screen vet Leguizamo most recently played Eumaeus, Odysseus’ faithful servant and friend, in Christopher Nolan and Universal’s box office juggernaut The Odyssey.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of servant
Noun
  • The bride and groom in the picture are Renee and Mario Ippolito, who were married in Portage Park on April 18, 2009.
    — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The bride, who wore an Oscar de la Renta gown, and the groom celebrated afterward with a reception at the Everglades Club in Palm Beach.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of groom
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  • The pilot featured Charles Levin as Coco, a gay houseboy.
    — Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Collins is playing Skip, the houseboy in the estate where the play takes place.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
Definition of houseboy
Noun
  • The color palette changed so that the attire of the Cogsworth character — the Beast’s loyal majordomo who has been transformed into a clock — is now green rather than brown.
    — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2026
  • The Huntington's majordomo does this with an eye toward guests–making sure they’re greeted warmly and that any preferences are known and reflected throughout their stay.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026
Definition of majordomo

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