chessman
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of chessman
1275–1325; Middle English; earlier chesse meyne, equivalent to chesse chess 1 + meyne household ( man, men by folk etymology) < Middle French mesniée < Latin mansiōn- (stem of mansiō ); see mansion
Example Sentences
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Zhang Jun, suggested that the United States may see the Korean issue as "a chessman on the chessboard for their so-called Indo-Pacific strategy."
From Reuters • May 27, 2022
Logan is not somebody who is easily discombobulated, so Cory, as a master chessman, I’m sure would have a 13-point movement that gets him close enough to just get a smile from Logan.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2021
The third chessman to be moved, last week, is also a "sound lawyer" and has been Solicitor General since 1924.
From Time Magazine Archive
Richard Reti, 40, of Prague, Czechoslovakia, famed chessman; in Prague.
From Time Magazine Archive
He would take up a chessman and hold it poised a while over one of the little squares, and then he would put it back in its place with a long sigh of disappointment.
From Embarrassments by James, Henry
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