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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A personal servant; a man who is a member of the household staff..
My men at arms are ready for mounting, and I will give orders to my vadelect " to have my own arms ready for a present adventure.”
But if the sherife be a vadelect of the crowne, or other meniall servant of the king, there the challenge is good (5).
In Edward IV.'s days, while he was contending with King Henry VI. for the crown, they got possession of Guernsey, but were beat off by the valour of Richard Harleston, vadelect of the crown, as he was then called, for which the king rewarded him with the government, both of the island and castle.
Use vadelect when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vadelect means (obsolete) A personal servant; a man who is a member of the household staff..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
My men at arms are ready for mounting, and I will give orders to my vadelect " to have my own arms ready for a present adventure.”
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