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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 var·let /ˈvɑrlət/
 惡棍

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Var·let n.
 1. A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman. [Obs.]
 2. Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet.
    What a brazen-faced varlet art thou !   --Shak.
 3. In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack. [Obs.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 varlet
      n 1: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue, knave,
            rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag]
      2: in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as
         the first stage in training for knighthood [syn: page]