What is a Manservant?
A manservant, also called a valet, is an historical position that has developed into the modern day personal assistant. For centuries, menservants worked for gentry, royalty and the fabulously rich, often serving as companions and minders as well as servants. Valets are a constant presence in literature, always ducking in at the last moment to save their charge, who is technically their employer, from disaster. The term valet has existed at least since the 15th century, though clearly the position of manservant is an ancient one. In the classical sense of the word, they were men who worked for other men, performing a variety of duties. Often, the valet was in charge of dressing, bathing and shaving their employer, but their tasks rarely ended with those basic tasks. The manservant was the link between the master and the rest of the servants, and so was often considered a head servant with considerably authority. In small households, the valet might have performed some housekeeping duti
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