knave
knave is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Any male servant; a menial. [Obs.] Chaucer. He's but Fortune's knave, A minister of her will. Shak.
- 2.A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain. "A pair of crafty knaves." Shak. In defiance of demonstration, knaves will continue to proselyte fools. Ames. Note: "How many serving lads must have been unfaithful and dishonest before knave -which meant at first no more than boy -- acquired the meaning which it has now !" Trench.
- 3.A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack. Knave child, a male child. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abroad
- actor
- adventurer
- and
- archtraitor
- ass
- bad
- barrator
- betrayer
- bidder
- blackguard
- bungler
- bunko
- capper
- carpetbagger
- charlatan
- cheat
- clothing
- cockatrice
- conjuror
- conspirator
- crimp
- deceive
- deceiver
- decoy
- devil
- dissembler
- duck
- empiric
- faker
- false
- flusher
- four
- fraud
- grass
- gypsy
- home
- horse
- humbug
- hypocrite
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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