Valet
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Was anciently a name denoting young gentlemen of rank and famlly, but afterwards applied in those of lower degree, and is now used for a menial servant, more particularly occupied about the person of his employer. Cab. Lawy. 800.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
valect, vadelect.
In old English law. A servitor or gentleman of the privy chamber; a name anciently given to young gentlemen of great descent or quality, later to those of the rank of yeomen.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Was anciently a name denoting young gentlemen of rank and family, but afterwards applied to those of lower degree, and is now used for a menial servant, more particularly occupied about the person of his employer. Cab' Lawyer, 800.