knape

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/neɪp/ (UK)

Definition of knape

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(dialectal, obsolete)A lad.

“1534, Incorporation of Hammermen, unknown Given to the two knapes & for graithing of the harness to the bannermen.”
“He was never a lucky knape.”

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From Middle English knape (“a lad, boy”), from Old English cnapa (“a lad, boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *knappō.

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