Knave

Noun

 * 1) A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain.
 * 2)  A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
 * 3)  A boy; especially, a boy servant.
 * 4)  Any male servant; a menial.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:villain

Derived terms

 * knavery
 * knavish

Adjectives for Knave
cowardly; luckless; unthrifty; lunatic; base; poor; gallant; false; arrant; jealous; decayed; shrewd; ingenious; foolish; rascally; whoreson; beetle-headed; flap-ear; misshapen; pestilent; foul-mouthed; calumnious; scurvy; railing; wrangling; thin-faced; fantastical; doting; sooty; veritable; sinful.

Thesaurus
ace, bad boy, bastard, best bower, blackguard, booger, bower, buffoon, bugger, cards, clubs, cutup, deck, deuce, devil, diamonds, dummy, elf, enfant terrible, face cards, flush, full house, funmaker, hand, hearts, heel, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, jack, joker, jokester, king, left bower, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, lowlife, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, miscreant, pack, pair, picture cards, pixie, playing cards, practical joker, prankster, precious rascal, puck, queen, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, round, rowdy, royal flush, rubber, ruff, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, shyster, singleton, sneak, spades, spalpeen, straight, trey, trick, trump, villain, wag

Etymology
From cnafa: < West Germanic *knabho; cognate with German Knabe:, Old Norse knapi:, Danish knabe:, Dutch knaap:.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ; lurjus
 * French: ,
 * German: ,


 * Greek: απατεών
 * Russian: подлец, плут, жулик
 * Swedish: skojare, gynnare


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: валет
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, hovipoika
 * German: ,


 * Russian: мальчик-слуга
 * Swedish: hjon


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,


 * Russian: прислужник, лакей
 * Swedish: (farmhand)