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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) In France, a person who offered his services as a guide, messenger, etc. for hire, especially to strangers..
I therefore added to my own English servants […] a Frenchman, who had formerly served me as valet de place, and of whom I had a very good opinion.
Use valet-de-place when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Valet-de-place means (historical) In France, a person who offered his services as a guide, messenger, etc. for hire, especially to strangers..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I therefore added to my own English servants […] a Frenchman, who had formerly served me as valet de place, and of whom I had a very good opinion.
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