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Definition of Chessman

1. Noun. Any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.

Definition of Chessman

1. n. A piece used in the game of chess.

Definition of Chessman

1. Noun. (chess) A chess piece. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chessman

1. one of the pieces used in chess (a board game for two players) [n CHESSMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chessman

Literary usage of Chessman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 by Weymouth (Mass (1910)
"CHESMAN (see Cheesman, chessman), Addison, s. Josiah and Susannah, Mar. ... [chessman, d. Capt. Ziba and Esther, w. John V. Bates, GRg] Mary Thayer, d. ..."

2. The Boston Directory (1862)
"73 Princeton, EB chessman Joseph M. 16 Franklin, house 2 Goodwin place Hall market, house 7 Causeway chessman Joseph ( Comiti $ CI rigger«, head of chessman ..."

3. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"... Romanesque Reliquary of St. Ursula, several other reliquaries of the Gothic period, a carved rock-crystal chessman of the Carlovingian period, ..."

4. Oliver Optic's Magazine by Oliver Optic (1875)
"When Mr. chessman died, his wife couldn't manage the fawm ; and they had to sell it to pay the debts." "I'm sorry for that. But what became of the family? ..."

5. The Lake Dwellings of Ireland: Or, Ancient Lacustrine Habitations of Erin by William Gregory Wood-Martin (1886)
"... but might it not equally be supposed to represent a chessman—possibly a pawn—judging from the simple outlines of its projecting portion ? ..."

6. Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of (1872)
"MANNINO exhibited, 'by permission of the owner, a jet chessman, found at Thelton, Norfolk, in 1866, belonging to TE Amyot, Esq., of Diss. ..."

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