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gamesman

noun

Definition of gamesman

as in knave

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Recent Examples of gamesman Friedlander’s style of photography is usually cool, winking, and gamesman-like, but his pictures of his wife thrum with gentle affection. — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2019 The weapon-wielding gamesman responded by repeatedly punching Grayson, the younger man said. — Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, OregonLive.com, 20 Mar. 2018

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Noun

Try for yourselves, ye witless knaves— Take each to bed your Sally!

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Many a knave is rich, sleek, and honored, while the just man is poor, hated, and in torment.

— Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 18 June 2026

Definition of knave

Noun

Even though the Feeneys have gotten more competitive under the junior Michel’s management, the rascal-on-the-field ethos of the original team still prevails.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Not even the curmudgeonly Melvin can bring himself to harm the little rascal.

— Camille Perri, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

Definition of rascal

Noun

Good afternoon and welcome to Con Con, the convention for swindlers, mountebanks, and the people who love them.

— Henry Alford, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Godard might have come across as a species of poseur – a pretentious, quote-spouting mountebank – but his way of seeing was genuinely new.

— Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2025

Definition of mountebank

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In place of San Francisco’s decaying arts bohemia of poseurs and charlatans, they can be said to be creating an alternate bohemia.

— Michael Bernick, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Others estimate that $500 billion in federal spending is diverted by charlatans each year.

— Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026

Definition of charlatan

Noun

DeSantis, his quack surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, and Uthmeier are all faces of that paranoia.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangers to beat the reaper somehow.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025

Definition of quack

Noun

The transfer portal can transform a contender into a pretender in a single offseason.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
The schedule is forgivable, even by ACC standards, but a rematch on the road against Notre Dame will separate the Canes as contenders or pretenders.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of pretender

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