nine men's morris

English

Etymology

Popularly claimed to ultimately be from Latin merellus (“gamepiece (incl. in draughts), token, etc.”); a possible connection has also been linked to French marelle (“hopscotch”).[1][2]

Noun

nine men's morris (uncountable)

  1. An ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces.
  • twelve men's morris
  • three men's morris

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References

  1. ^
    1994 August 5, Alexander Humez, Zero to Lazy Eight: The Romance Numbers‎[1], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
  2. ^
    1905, ICELANDIC LITERATURE‎[2]:

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