chessman

English

Etymology

From chess +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

chessman (plural chessmen)

1. (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

chess piece — see chess piece

See also

• Appendix:Chess_pieces

Anagrams

• Chamness, McShanes