knaves

We have found lemma(root) word of knaves : knave.

Definitions


[neɪv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a dishonest or unscrupulous man
(e.g: the members act like fools and knaves)

- (in cards) a jack
(e.g: he played a knave and won a trick)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English cnafa ‘boy, servant’, of West Germanic origin; related to German Knabe ‘boy’




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