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fers

UK/ˈfɜːz/US/ˈfɜɹz/

fers noun: the medieval chess piece that developed into the modern queen.

Noun

fers (plural ferses)

  1. (historical) The medieval chess piece that developed into the modern queen.
    • With their introduction the fers and the alfil disappeared from European chess.1898 January, A. A. McDonald, “The Origin and Early History of Chess”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume 30, number 1, London: Royal Asiatic Society, →DOI, →ISBN, page 138
    • In the Chronique of Philip Mouskat (a.d. 1243), lines 23617–20, is a reference to a king of Fierges, indicating that a fers could be promoted to a king at this early period.1979 [1960], R. C. Bell, “War Games”, in Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations, 2nd edition, New York: Dover Publications, →ISBN, page 71
  2. A fairy chess piece that moves one square diagonally.
    • In Monochromatic chess moves are only allowed between cells of the same colour. Thus the kings are reduced to ferses, the rooks to dabbabariders, and the knights to dummies. […] Another type of rider is the Mao which is the knight in Chinese chess. It makes its move in two steps, a noncapturing...2010 August 21, G. P. Jelliss, “Simple Chess Variants”, in Mayhematics, pages 4, 10

Proper noun capitalized: FERS

FERS

  1. (US, initialism) Federal Employees Retirement System.

fers meaning in Hindi and Urdu

fers in Hindi

fers or queen
फ़रज़ी farzī

fers in Urdu

fers or queen
فرزین farzīn

Examples of fers in a sentence

  • This fers mates him in straight lines; this fers mates him at an angle.2015 September, Nancy Marie Brown, Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them, New...
  • Thus the kings are reduced to ferses, the rooks to dabbabariders, and the knights to dummies. […] Another type of rider is the Mao which is the knight in Chinese chess.2010 August 21, G. P. Jelliss, “Simple Chess Variants”, in Mayhematics, pages 4, 10:

Forms of fers

pluralferses
alternative formferz

Origin of fers

Borrowed from Middle English fers, from Old French fierce, from Medieval Latin ferzia, from Classical Persian فَرْزِین (farzīn).

Words that rhyme with fers

Questions about fers

What does fers mean?
Fers means the medieval chess piece that developed into the modern queen.
What is fers in Hindi?
Fers in Hindi is फ़रज़ी (farzī). See Fers meaning in Hindi.
How do you use fers in a sentence?
This fers mates him in straight lines; this fers mates him at an angle.
What part of speech is fers?
Fers can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce fers?
Fers is pronounced /ˈfɜːz/ (UK).
What is the plural of fers?
The plural of fers is ferses.

Words near fers in the dictionary

  1. Ferrys
  2. Ferryside
  3. Ferryville
  4. ferrywoman
  5. ferrywomen
  6. fers
  7. fers-de-lance
  8. ferses
  9. Fersfield
  10. fershnickered
  11. fershur

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fers (page history and authors); FERS (page history and authors); फ़रज़ी (Hindi) (page history and authors); فرزین (Urdu) (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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