Suit (cards)
In playing cards, a suit is one of several categories into which the cards of a deck are divided. Most often, each card bears one of several symbols showing to which suit it belongs; the suit may alternatively or in addition be indicated by the color printed on the card. Most card decks also have a rank for each card and may include special cards in the deck that belong to no suit, often called jokers. Western card decks use hearts, clubs, spades, and diamonds as the suits.
Read more about Suit (cards): Traditional Western Playing Cards, Traditional Eastern Suits and Decks, Adding Extra Suits To The French Deck, Uses of Playing Card Suit Symbols, Metaphorical Uses
Famous quotes containing the word suit:
“The grand style follows suit with all great passion. It disdains to please, it forgets to persuade. It commands. It wills.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)