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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

valetry en · NOUN

Etymology

From valet + -ry.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The status or office of valet.
    • Joseph, he saw that there were human or half-human beings born to self-abasement, and that, if their destiny was to be fulfilled, valetry was a necessary institution. 1913, Arnold Bennett, The Old Adam: