chessman

See also: Chessman

English

chess +‎ -man

chessman (plural chessmen)

(chess) A chess piece.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 27
  Curious to tell, this imperial negro, Ahasuerus Daggoo, was the Squire of little Flask, who looked like a chess-man beside him.

chess piece — see chess piece

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Chess pieces in English · chess pieces, chessmen (see also: chess) (layout · text)

king	queen	castle, rook	bishop	knight	pawn