1) Cad 2) Knave 3) Rapscallion 4) Rascal 5) Rogue
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1) French word used in English 2) Knave 3) Knave, to shakespeare 4) Old scoundrel 5) Old-fashioned cad 6) Rapscallion 7) Rascal 8) Rascal of yore 9) Renaissance rascal 10) Rogue 11) Scalawag 12) Scallywag 13) Scoundrel 14) Shakespearean attendant 15) Villain
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- a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
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• (n.) A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman. • (n.) In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack. • (n.) Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet.
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Var'let noun [ Old French
varlet ,
vaslet ,
vallet , servant, young man, young noble, dim of
vassal . See
Vassal , and confer
Valet .]
1. A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman. [ Obsolete]
Spenser. Tusser. 2....Found on
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[Ivanhoe] attendant, servant
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Servant or attendant to a knight (related to the word 'vassal'). Meant rascal or rogue by 1550.
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