chessman

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Noun

chessman (plural chessmen)

1. (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.

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