chessman
English
[edit]Etymology
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[edit]Noun
[edit]chessman (plural chessmen)
- (chess) A chess piece.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 27”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- Curious to tell, this imperial negro, Ahasuerus Daggoo, was the Squire of little Flask, who looked like a chess-man beside him.
Translations
[edit]chess piece — see chess piece
See also
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