| n. | 1. | A boy; especially, a boy servant. | |||
| 2. | Any male servant; a menial. | ||||
| 3. | A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain. | ||||
| 4. | A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack;
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| Noun | 1. | knave - a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel |
| 2. | knave - one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince Synonyms: jack |
KNAVE. A false, dishonest, or deceitful person. This signification of the
word has arisen by a long perversion of its original meaning.
2. To call a man a knave has been held to be actionable. 1 Rolle's Ab.
52; 1 Freem. 277.,
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