varlet/varlot/varletto
Shakespeare's Insults · 2016
(A) Derived from Old French varlet or valet (still in use in modern French), itself coming from vassellitus in popular Latin, diminutive of Latin vassalus, meaning ‘servant’ which has given ‘vassal’ (DHLF). The word may also have a military meaning and designate an attendant on a knight or any other