Associations to the word «knaves»

Wiktionary

KNAVE, noun. (archaic) A boy; especially, a boy servant.
KNAVE, noun. (archaic) Any male servant; a menial.
KNAVE, noun. A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain.
KNAVE, noun. (cards) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
KNAVE OF CLUBS, noun. Alternative form of jack of clubs
KNAVE OF DIAMONDS, noun. Alternative form of jack of diamonds
KNAVE OF HEARTS, noun. Alternative form of jack of hearts
KNAVE OF SPADES, noun. Alternative form of jack of spades

Dictionary definition

KNAVE, noun. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
KNAVE, noun. One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne