mann
mann noun: a fairy chess piece that can move to any adjacent square. It moves like a king but is not a royal piece.
Noun (1)
- A fairy chess piece that can move to any adjacent square. It moves like a king but is not a royal piece.
- The mann moves like a king but is not royal; he cannot castle and he’s allowed to be captured. The mann is most popular for chess theorists who wish to discuss the king as an attacking piece, or for chess puzzles that wish to use a non-royal king.2018 October 12, aabicus, “My 7 Favorite Fairy Chess Pieces”, in The Daily SPUF
Proper noun capitalized: Mann
Mann
- A surname from German.
- A surname from Punjabi.
- Isle of Man
- A river in the Northern Rivers region, New South Wales, Australia, which joins the Clarence River.
Noun (2) capitalized: Mann
Mann (plural Manns)
- Descendants of Burmese people who settled in Northeast India.
mann meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
mann in Urdu
- من
mann in Telugu
- మన్
mann in Kannada
- ಮನ್
More languagesFewer languages
- mann in Odia
- ମାନ୍
Forms of mann
| plural | manns |
|---|---|
| plural | mannen |
| plural | Manns |
| alternative form | Man |
Origin of mann
Borrowed from German Mann (“man”). Doublet of man and Manu.
As a German surname, from the root of man.
Borrowed from Assamese মান (man, “Burmese”).
Words formed from mann
Phrases with mann
Words that rhyme with mann
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- clan
- ban
- Cheyenne
- Longshan
- Nanshan
- plan
- an
- gan
- Gushan
- han
- Hongshan
- nan
- stan
- tan
- unman
- Baoshan
- Dongshan
- flan
- Heshan
- Jinshan
- langshan
- marzipan
- panne
- Qishan
- ran
- rattan
- bantustan
- began
- chan
- Fengshan
- Fran
- Guanshan
- Hengshan
- Huangshan
- Huishan
- japan
- Lausanne
- Lianshan
- Lushan
- Marianne
- Pingshan
- scran
- sedan
- shan
- than
- trapan
- trepan
- Xi'an
Questions about mann
- What does mann mean?
- Mann means a fairy chess piece that can move to any adjacent square. It moves like a king but is not a royal piece.
- What is mann in Urdu?
- Mann in Urdu is من. See Mann meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is mann?
- Mann can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of mann?
- The plural of mann is manns.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mann (page history and authors); Mann (page history and authors); mann (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mann (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mann (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mann (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mann (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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