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Chessmen - 2 dictionary results

chess⋅man

[ches-man, -muhn]
–noun, plural -men [-men, -muhn] .
any piece used in the game of chess.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME; earlier chesse meyne, equiv. to chesse chess 1 + meyne household (man, men by folk etymology) < MF mesniée < L mansiōn- (s. of mansiō); see mansion
chess·man   (chěs'mān', -mən)   
n.  One of the pieces used in playing chess.
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