court card

court card

n (Card Games) (in a pack of playing cards) a king, queen, or jack of any suit. US equivalent: face card [C17: altered from earlier coat-card, from the decorative coats worn by the figures depicted]

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court card - one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a faceface card, picture cardknave, jack - one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young princeking - one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a kingplaying card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card gamesqueen - one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen

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