See also:

• KNAVE (O.E. cnafa, cognate with Ger. Knabe, boy)

KNAVE (O.E. cnafa, cognate with Ger. Knabe, boy)  , originally a male See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, a boy (See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer, See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury Tales: " Clerk's See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

Tale," 1 . 388) . Like See also:

• LAT

Lat . Auer, the word was See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early used as a name for any boy-or lad employed as a servant, and so of male servants in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general (Chaucer: " Pardoner's Tale," 1 . 204) . The current use of the word for a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man who is dishonest and crafty, a See also:

• ROGUE

rogue, was however an early usage, and is found in See also:

• LAYAMON

Layamon (c . 1205) .