knave
Meanings
Plural: knaves
Noun
- a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
- A boy; especially, a boy servant.
- Any male servant; a menial.
- A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
- A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or a soldier.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English knave, knafe, from Old English cnafa (“child, boy, youth; servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *knabō. Cognate to Dutch knaap and German Knabe.
Synonyms
;, antimodel, bad guy, baddie, bastard, blackguard, bounder, cad, coistril, evildoer, fustilarian, harlot, heavy, jack, knave, lidderon, makeshift, miscreant, mul:J, ne'er-do-well, niding, nithing, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scab, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, scum, scumbag, thug, undesirable, varlet, villain
Scrabble Score: 12
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