See varlet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oruženósec",
"sense": "youth acting as a knight’s attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "оружено́сец"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mošenik",
"sense": "rogue or scoundrel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мошеник"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "rogue or scoundrel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bithiúnach"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ízmamnik",
"sense": "rogue or scoundrel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "и́змамник"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pódlec",
"sense": "rogue or scoundrel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́длец"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lážgo",
"sense": "rogue or scoundrel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ла́жго"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "negodjáj",
"sense": "rogue or scoundrel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "негодя́й"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vale",
"sense": "jack",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вале"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "jack",
"word": "boer"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "džándar",
"sense": "jack",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "џа́ндар"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "valét",
"sense": "jack",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вале́т"
}
],
"word": "varlet"
}
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