face card

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A king, queen, or jack of a deck of playing cards.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A playing-card on which there is a face; the king, queen, or knave of any suit of cards; a court-card.

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• noun card games A playing card which has a picture on it (usually Jack, Queen or King, but can include Ace or Joker).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face