knave
Senso (Inglese)
- (archaic) A boy; especially, a boy servant.
- (archaic) Any male servant; a menial.
- (dated) A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
- A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or a soldier.
Concetti
sinonimi
varlet
suspicious fellow
shameless man
enlisted person
enlisted woman
Traduzioni
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/neɪv/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
From Middle English knave, knafe, from Old English cnafa (“child, boy, youth; servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *knabō. Cognate to Dutch knaap and German Knabe.
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