| Main Entry: | varlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attendant |
Synonyms: |
blackguard, footman, helper, knave, page, servant, vassal |
| Main Entry: | malefactor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal |
Synonyms: |
bad egg, black sheep, con, convict, culprit, delinquent, evildoer, felon, hellhound, hoodlum, jailbird, lawbreaker, outcast, outlaw, prisoner, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rounder, rowdy*, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, thug, transgressor, varlet, villain, wretch, wrongdoer |
| Main Entry: | poltroon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chicken |
Synonyms: |
coward, craven, dastard, milksop, varlet, weakling, yellowbelly |
| Main Entry: | scalawag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rascal |
Synonyms: |
caitiff, miscreant, rapscallion, reprobate, rogue, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, trickster, varlet, villain |
| Main Entry: | vassal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | servant |
Synonyms: |
beneficiary, bondman, dependent, esne, helot, liege, liegeman, peasant, serf, slave, subject, subordinate, tenant, thrall, varlet |
| Main Entry: | wretch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | derelict |
Synonyms: |
beggar, bezonian, blackguard, brute, bum, caitiff, cullion, dog, ingrate, knave, liar, libertine, looser, lowlife, miscreant, outcast, pariah, pauper, pilgarlic, poltroon, rake, rapscallion, rascal, renegade, reprobate, rogue, ronion, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, scullion, scum, snake, vagabond, varlet, villain, worm |
| Notes: | retch is to vomit or gag; wretch is a noun for a pitiable person |