jack

/dʒæk/ n [C] (CARD)

Definition

› a playing card that has a picture of a man on it and has a lower value than the cards showing a king or queen: the jack of diamonds

(Definition of jack n (CARD) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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