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noun

(in a pack of playing cards) a king, queen, or jack of any suitUS equivalent: face card

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Word Origin for court card

C17: altered from earlier coat-card, from the decorative coats worn by the figures depicted

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How to use court card in a sentence

N "Cartes-blanches" is a hand at Piquet without a court card—it counts ten.
The Sharper Detected and Exposed|Jean-Eugne Robert-Houdin
Court card is for coat card, a name given to these cards from the dresses depicted on them.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley
Should no player have either a court card or a ten, the player next to the dealer scores the point for the game.
My Book of Indoor Games|Clarence Squareman
The one who played the court card also takes all the cards that have been played, and puts them under his own pack.
My Book of Indoor Games|Clarence Squareman

In playing-cards the lowest court card of each suit, the “jack,” representing a medieval servant, is called the “knave.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 8|Various

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