Definition of knave

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Knave (n.) Any male servant; a menial.

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Knight :: Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
Sequence :: Sequence (n.) Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight..
Knavery :: Knavery (n.) The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.
Euchre :: Euchre (n.) A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower..
Outknave :: Outknave (v. t.) To surpass in knavery.
Picaresque :: Picaresque (a.) Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer..
Quatorze :: Quatorze (n.) The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; -- so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points..
Knavish :: Knavish (a.) Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick..
Loo :: Loo (n.) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo..
Beknave :: Beknave (v. t.) To call knave.
Villain :: Villain (n.) A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp..
Knaveship :: Knaveship (n.) A small due, in meal, established by usage, which is paid to the under miller..
Knave :: Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
Lousy :: Lousy (a.) Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave..
Knavess :: Knavess (n.) A knavish woman.
Rogue :: Rogue (n.) A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.
Shyster :: Shyster (n.) A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way..
Pam :: Pam (n.) The knave of clubs.
Knaveries :: Knaveries (pl. ) of Knaver.
Pack :: Pack (n.) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves..
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