arch. Obs. [ad. med.L. valectus, var. vadelectus VADELECT.] A personal attendant.
1610. Holland, Camden’s Brit., I. 713. William de la Pole is in plaine tearmes called Delectus Valectus,… that is our well beloued Valect…; now, Valect … was in those daies an honorable title [etc.].
a. 1661. Fuller, Worthies (1840), III. 439. In recompence whereof the king made him his valect (equivalent to what afterward was called gentleman of the bedchamber).
