Knave
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English
Noun
Knave (plural Knaves)- A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain.
- (card games) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
- (archaic) A boy; especially, a boy servant.
- (archaic) Any male servant; a menial.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:villain
Derived terms
cowardly; luckless; unthrifty; lunatic; base; poor; gallant; false; arrant; jealous; decayed; shrewd; ingenious; foolish; rascally; whoreson; beetle-headed; flap-ear; misshapen; pestilent; foul-mouthed; calumnious; scurvy; railing; wrangling; thin-faced; fantastical; doting; sooty; veritable; sinful.
Thesaurus
ace, bad boy, bastard, best bower, blackguard, booger, bower, buffoon, bugger, cards, clubs, cutup, deck, deuce, devil, diamonds, dummy, elf, enfant terrible, face cards, flush, full house, funmaker, hand, hearts, heel, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, jack, joker, jokester, king, left bower, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, lowlife, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, miscreant, pack, pair, picture cards, pixie, playing cards, practical joker, prankster, precious rascal, puck, queen, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, round, rowdy, royal flush, rubber, ruff, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, shyster, singleton, sneak, spades, spalpeen, straight, trey, trick, trump, villain, wag
Etymology
From Old English cnafa (“boy, servant”) < West Germanic *knabho; cognate with German Knabe (“lad”), Old Norse knapi (“valet”), Danish knabe (“page”), Dutch knaap (“lad”).
