face card
any one of the cards in a deck of playing cards that has a picture of a face (king, queen or jack), picture card, court card | ||||
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Face cards
The jack, queen, and king of any suit of cards.
The jack, queen, and king of any suit of cards.
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Face card
In a deck of playing cards, the term face card is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person. Cards depicting persons were developed in Europe, possibly in the late 1300s; it is believed that earlier sets of cards included "court cards" that showed abstract designs, and not persons.
Europeans changed the court cards to represent European royalty and attendants, thereby forming the original face cards: king, chevalier, and knave (or servant).
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