Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Varlet

Varlet , noun

[Old French varlet, vaslet, vallet, servant, young man, young noble, dim. of vassal. See Vassal, and compare Valet.]

1.
A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman. [Obsolete] — Spenser. Tusser
2.
Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet.
What a brazen-faced varlet art thou! — Shakespeare
3.
In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack. [Obsolete]