chessman
chessman noun: synonym of chess piece.
Noun
chessman (plural chessmen)
- Synonym of chess piece.
- Curious to tell, this imperial negro, Ahasuerus Daggoo, was the Squire of little Flask, who looked like a chess-man beside him.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
- Synonyms:
- chess piece
chessman meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Sanskrit
chessman in Tamil
- chessman, pawn, any movable piece in similar board games
- காய் kāy
chessman in Urdu
- مہرہ
chessman in Sanskrit
- chessman, piece at chess
- शारि śāri
Synonyms of chessman
Forms of chessman
| plural | chessmen |
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Origin of chessman
From chess + -man.
Questions about chessman
- What does chessman mean?
- Chessman means synonym of chess piece.
- What is chessman in Tamil?
- Chessman in Tamil is காய் (kāy). See Chessman meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chessman?
- Chessman is a noun.
- What is the plural of chessman?
- The plural of chessman is chessmen.
Words near chessman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chessman (page history and authors); காய் (Tamil) (page history and authors); chessman (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शारि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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