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face card
face cardn. A king, queen, or jack of a deck of playing cards.face card n (Card Games) (in a pack of playing cards) a king, queen, or jack of any suit. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): court card face′ card`
n. the king, queen, or jack of playing cards. [1665–75] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  face card - one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a facecourt 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 |
Translationsface card
face card1. A playing card that has a picture of a person (such as a king, queen, or jack) on it, as opposed to one of the numeral cards. The face cards are more valuable than any of the cards you're holding.2. An important or powerful (and, possibly, conceited) person. You can't park here—these spots are for face cards only.See also: card, faceface card n. an important person; a self-important person. (As with the royal characters in playing cards.) Who’s the face card getting out of the benz? See also: card, faceface card
face card (in a pack of playing cards) a king, queen, or jack of any suit face card
Synonyms for face cardnoun one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a faceSynonymsRelated Words- knave
- jack
- king
- playing card
- queen
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