Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the pieces used in playing chess.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the pieces used, in the game of chess.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A piece used in the game of chess.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chess A
chess piece .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
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Examples
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A chessboard was forthcoming at a later hour, when we amused ourselves with a couple of games, facetiously dubbing our chessman Federals and Confederates.
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War George Alfred Townsend 1877
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Another tribute to the magnificence of Oppenheimer's mind: in the end he became my master at the game -- he who had never seen a chessman in his life.
Chapter 14 2010
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NEIL MacGregor, the director of the British Museum, has rejected calls to return the Lewis chessman to Scotland.
Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008
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Even Steven Taylor's forgotten his 'master chessman' blither from a few hours ago.
Dance, Big Daddy, dance. LuLu 2008
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Had to tell one or two porkies here to avoid being mis-categorised in this nonsensical quiz from a born again Christian, UKIP-er, chessman and lifelong Sheffield Resident Jonathan with an eh?'
Archive 2007-01-07 2007
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But I just would like one more chessman off the board.
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It was even detached; his eyes focussed upon her gradually as upon a chessman to be moved; in the same slow manner he caught her wrist and drew her near.
Tender is the Night 2003
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Yet did Dermat pay no heed to the counsel of Grania, but plucked a berry, and with it took aim so true that he hit the chessman that Oisin should move.
Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Louey Chisholm
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And Deirdre saw the man's eye, and told Nathos, and he, with the ivory bishop that was in his hand, took aim as if with a javelin, and the chessman pierced the spy's eye, and it became blind.
Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Louey Chisholm
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No word said she, but silently made the gaze of Naoise follow her own, even as he held a golden chessman in his hand, pondering a move.
A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang
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