knave

noun
🔊/neɪv/
🔊/neɪv/
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  1. (old-fashioned) (in a pack of cards) a jack (= a card with a picture of a young man on it, normally worth more than a ten and less than a queen)
    • the knave of clubs梅花 J
  2. (old use) a dishonest man or boy不诚实的男人(或男孩);无赖;恶棍
  3. Word OriginOld English cnafa ‘boy, servant’, of West Germanic origin; related to German Knabe ‘boy’.