- 1. n. A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman. Source: opted
- 2. n. Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet. Source: opted
- 3. n. In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack. Source: opted
- 4. n. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel Source: wordnet
- 5. n. in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman. [Obs.] Spenser. Tusser. 2. Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet. What a brazen-faced varlet art thou ! Shak. 3. In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack. [Obs.] Source: webster
- 7. n a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel n in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood Source: ecdict
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