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name
Federal Employees Retirement System.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, initialism
Topics: government
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noun
The medieval chess piece that developed into the modern queen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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noun
A fairy chess piece that moves one square diagonally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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History
Borrowed from Middle English fers, from Old French fierce, from Medieval Latin ferzia, from Classical Persian فَرْزِین (farzīn).
