varlet
Scoundrel of old
A varlet was originally a young man serving as an attendant to a knight—a step below squire in medieval household ranks.
The word shifted to mean a rogue or scoundrel, someone low and disreputable: Away, varlet!
Now archaic, it appears mainly in historical fiction or deliberately old-fashioned insults.
Dishonest, unprincipled person
- rascalLovable troublemaker
- scoundrelDishonest, unscrupulous person
- rapscallionMischievous person, usually endearing
- scalawagAffectionate term for rogue
blackguard · ne'er-do-well · miscreant · villain · rogue · cad · bounder · wretch
knave
Dishonest, unprincipled person
- rascalLovable troublemaker
- scoundrelDishonest, unscrupulous person
- rapscallionMischievous person, usually endearing
scalawag · blackguard · ne'er-do-well · miscreant · villain · rogue · cad · bounder · wretch · cur
footman
Uniformed domestic male attendant
retainer · attendant · manservant · groom · steward · flunkey · servitor · houseboy · batman · orderly
page
Noble's young assistant
feudalism · heraldry · castle · manor · liege · nobility · jousting · armour · tourney · court
- scoundrelsscoundrel, rogue, knave, cad, villain
- Olde Englishthee, thou, thy, thine, hath
- old insultsknave, scoundrel, rogue, blackguard, rascal
- Shakespearean wordsforsooth, hither, thither, wherefore, prithee
- Shakespearean insultsknave, villain, rogue, scoundrel, fool
- social ranksking, queen, emperor, empress, noble