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vadelect

vadelect noun: a personal servant; a man who is a member of the household staff.

Noun

vadelect (plural vadelects)

  1. (obsolete) A personal servant; a man who is a member of the household staff.
    • My men at arms are ready for mounting, and I will give orders to my vadelect " to have my own arms ready for a present adventure.”1822, William Bennett, Malpas: - Volume 1, page 67
    • But if the sherife be a vadelect of the crowne, or other meniall servant of the king, there the challenge is good (5).1832, Edward Coke, Francis Hargrave, The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England; Or, a Commentary Upon Littleton

Forms of vadelect

pluralvadelects

Questions about vadelect

What does vadelect mean?
Vadelect means a personal servant; a man who is a member of the household staff.
What part of speech is vadelect?
Vadelect is a noun.
What is the plural of vadelect?
The plural of vadelect is vadelects.

Words near vadelect in the dictionary

  1. vade mecums
  2. vade-mecum
  3. vade-mecums
  4. vaded
  5. Vadel
  6. vadelect
  7. vadelects
  8. vademecum
  9. Vaden
  10. Vadens
  11. Vader

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