court card
n
(Group Games / Card Games) (in a pack of playing cards) a king, queen, or jack of any suit US equivalent face card
[altered from earlier coat-card, from the decorative coats worn by the figures depicted]
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| Noun | 1. |  court card - one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a faceking - one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king playing card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games queen - one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen |
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