chess piece

See also: chesspiece and chess-piece

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chess piece (countable and uncountable, plural chess pieces)

  1. (chess) Any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.
    Synonym: chessman (now less common)
    Hypernyms: piece, object
  2. (idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
    Hypernyms: manipulee < person
    Near-synonym: pawn

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Chess pieces in English · chess pieces, chessmen (see also: chess) (layout · text)
king queen rook, castle bishop knight pawn

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