☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Varlet

Originally, a knight's attendant or page; later, a menial servant. In legal and literary usage, the term degraded to mean a knave, rascal, or dishonest person. Court records of the 15th-17th centuries use it for low-ranking offenders.

Etymology: Old French 'varlet, vaslet' (young man, page), diminutive of 'vassal' · Category: English Legal History · Source: Anglo-Norman court records; Oxford English Dictionary
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