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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
valet
valet [valet valets valeted valeting] noun, verb
noun BrE [ˈvæleɪ] ; NAmE [ˈvæleɪ] BrE [ˈvælɪt] ; NAmE [ˈvælɪt] NAmE [væˈleɪ]
1. a man's personal servant who takes care of his clothes, serves his meals, etc.
2. (BrE)a hotel employee whose job is to clean the clothes of hotel guests
3. (NAmE)a person who parks your car for you at a hotel or restaurant
Word Origin:
late 15th cent. (denoting a footman acting as an attendant to a horseman): from French; related to ↑vassal.
Example Bank:
•Do they have valet parking?
•His valet brought him his letters.
verb BrE [ˈvælɪt] ; NAmE [ˈvælɪt]
1. transitive ~ sth (BrE)to clean a person's car thoroughly, especially on the inside
•a car valeting service
2. intransitive to perform the duties of a ↑valet
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
late 15th cent. (denoting a footman acting as an attendant to a horseman): from French; related to ↑vassal.
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