knave
A tricky, deceitful fellowA tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
» Honest men and knaves may possibly wear the same cloth.
Значення
значень: 4(застаріле)A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
Gauner, Schurke, Bösewicht
подле́цpodléc, плутplut, жу́ликžúlik
ви́лупокvýlupok, негі́дникnehídnyk, падлю́каpadljúka
A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or a soldier.
Bube
вале́тvalét
вале́тvalét
(архаїчне)A boy; especially, a boy servant.
Knabe, Knappe, Junge
ма́льчик-слуга́málʹčik-slugá, прислу́жникprislúžnik
(архаїчне)Any male servant; a menial.
Knecht
прислу́жникprislúžnik, лаке́йlakéj
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
- a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Приклади
речень: 4Honest men and knaves may possibly wear the same cloth.
You've thwarted my plans for the last time, you miserable knave!
We are arrant knaves, all. Believe none of us.
The Sheriff of Nottingham swore that he himself would bring this knave Robin Hood to justice.
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 2
За значеннями 4
За значеннями 4
Походження
From Middle English knave, knafe, from Old English cnafa (“child, boy, youth; servant”), fFrom 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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