Definition of knave

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Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.

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Knavishness :: KNavishness (n.) The quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.
Tom :: Tom (n.) The knave of trumps at gleek.
Pam :: Pam (n.) The knave of clubs.
Quatorze :: Quatorze (n.) The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; -- so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points..
Knavery :: Knavery (n.) The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.
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..
Knave :: Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
Knaveship :: Knaveship (n.) A small due, in meal, established by usage, which is paid to the under miller..
Knave :: Knave (n.) A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain..
Knavish :: Knavish (a.) Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick..
Rogue :: Rogue (n.) A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.
Knave :: Knave (n.) A boy; especially, a boy servant..
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..
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..
Lousy :: Lousy (a.) Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave..
Varlet :: Varlet (n.) In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack..
Shyster :: Shyster (n.) A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way..
Knave :: Knave (n.) Any male servant; a menial.
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..
Jack :: Jack (n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards.
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