Var″let (?), n. [OF. varlet, vaslet, vallet, servant, young man, young noble, dim. of vassal. See Vassal, and cf. Valet.]
1. A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman. Spenser. Tusser.
2. Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet.
What a brazen-faced varlet art thou! Shak.
3. In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack.