French term, used as a common name for all domestic men servants employed in the more servile offices, as grooms, footmen, coachmen, &c. But with us it is only used in the phrase valet de chambre, which is a servant whose office is to dress and undress his master, &c.

Valletta, a city of Malta, and capital of the island (see MALTA, No. 26.). It is situated in E. Long. 14° 34'. N. Lat. 35° 54'.

Valletudinary, among medical writers, denotes a person of a weak and sickly constitution, and frequently out of order.