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knave

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knave  (nv)
n.
1. An unprincipled, crafty fellow.
2.
a. A male servant.
b. A man of humble birth.
3. Games See jack.

[Middle English, from Old English cnafa, boy, male servant.]

knavish adj.
knavish·ly adv.
knavish·ness n.

knave [neɪv]
n
1. Archaic a dishonest man; rogue
2. (Group Games / Card Games) another word for jack (the playing card)
3. Obsolete a male servant
[Old English cnafa; related to Old High German knabo boy]
knavish  adj
knavishly  adv
knavishness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.knaveknave - a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
scoundrel, villain - a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
2.knaveknave - one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
court card, face card, picture card - one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face

knave
noun (Archaic) rogue, cheat, villain, rascal, scoundrel, scally (Northwest English dialect), swindler, bounder (old-fashioned Brit. slang), rotter (slang, chiefly Brit.), reprobate, scallywag (informal), scumbag (slang), scamp, blackguard, cocksucker (taboo slang), scapegrace, rapscallion, varlet (archaic) It is difficult to believe that he is such a knave behind my back.
Translations
knave [neɪv] N (Hist) → bellaco m, bribón m (Cards) → valet m; (in Spanish pack) → sota f

knave [ˈneɪv] nvalet m

knave
n
(old)Bube m (old), → Schurke m
(Brit Cards) → Bube m, → Unter m (old)

knave [neɪv] n (old) → furfante m (Cards) → fante m
knave [neɪv] n (old) → furfante m (Cards) → fante m

knave
n knave [neiv]
a jack in a pack of playing-cards the knave of diamonds. skobbejak, boer ماكِر، خَدّاع вале spodek knægt der Bube βαλές sota soldat سرباز jätkä valet קְלָף “נַעַר” बेईमान dečko u kartama bubi kartu jack gosi fante ジャック (카드) 잭 valetas kalps (kāršu spēlē) pekak boer knekt walet valete valet (la jocul de cărţi) валет dolník fant žandar u kartama knekt ไพ่ตัวแจ๊ค bacak (撲克牌中的)傑克 валет تاش کے پتوں میں غلام quân J)Jack


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``But it does not please me, thou knave,'' said Cedric, ``that I should be made to suppose otherwise for two hours, and sit here devising vengeance against my neighbours for wrongs they have not done me.
Then followed the Knave of Hearts, carrying the King's crown on a crimson velvet cushion; and, last of all this grand procession, came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS.
If it had not been a characteristic of Levin's to put the most favorable interpretation on people, Sviazhsky's character would have presented no doubt or difficulty to him: he would have said to himself, "a fool or a knave," and everything would have seemed clear.
 
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