valet de chambre

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

valet de chambre
    n 1: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his
         employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: {valet},
         {valet de chambre}, {gentleman}, {gentleman's gentleman},
         {man}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Valet \Val"et\ (v[a^]l"[e^]t or v[a^]l"[asl]; 277), n. [F.
   valet, OF. vallet, varlet, vaslet. See {Varlet}, and
   {Vassal}.]
   1. A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on a
      gentleman's person; a body servant.
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   2. (Man.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.
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   {Valet de chambre}[F.], a body servant, or personal
      attendant.
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