Virginia gets allowed a servant (5)
I believe the answer is:
valet
'a servant' is the definition.
(valet is a kind of servant)
'virginia gets allowed' is the wordplay.
'virginia' becomes 'va' (US state abbreviation).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'allowed' becomes 'let' (to let is to allow or permit).
'va'+'let'='VALET'
(Other definitions for valet that I've seen before include "Clean (a car); attendant" , "Jeeves?" , "Gentleman's assistant" , "Man's manservant" , "Personal manservant" .)