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What is a knave?

What is a knave? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (archaic) A boy; especially, a boy servant.
  2. (archaic) Any male servant; a menial.
  3. A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
  4. (card game) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
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The face card formerly known as the knave owes its modern name of jack to this game.
With a cricket ball in hand, his transformation from social knave to spellbinding performer is as magical as his bag of tricks.
Bezique is the queen of spades and knave of diamonds, for which the holder scores 40 points.
Old international law was particularly well suited to a government which was capable of acting in the role of a sensible knave.
Your are a knave in the dark middle ages, determined to learn the martial art to become a knight.
There's a difference between thinking someone's strategies are wrong, and thinking them a knave who acts from ignorance at best, and more likely acts from malice.

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