noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of chess piece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, chess, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chess piece
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
chessman
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CMU ARPABET: CH EH1 S M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chess piece
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: man, piece
Narrower terms: bishop, castle, rook, king, knight, horse, pawn, queen
History
Etymology
From chess + -man.