[ˈvaleɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a man's personal male attendant, who is responsible for his clothes and appearance

- a person employed to clean or park cars
(e.g: he handed his keys to the parking valet)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century (denoting a footman acting as an attendant to a horseman): from French; related to vassal

[ˈvaleɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- act as a valet to (a particular man)
(e.g: one evening when I was valeting him, Mr Charles told me he had met my father)

- clean (a car), especially on the inside
(e.g: try not to spill anything on the seat—I just had the thing valeted)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century (denoting a footman acting as an attendant to a horseman): from French; related to vassal