chessman

chess·man

C c

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ches-man, -muh n]
- /ˈtʃɛsˌmæn, -mən/
- /ˈʧesmæn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ches-man, -muh n]
- /ˈtʃɛsˌmæn, -mən/

Definitions of chessman word

noun chessman any of the eight pieces and eight pawns used by each player in a game of chess 3
noun chessman any of the pieces or pawns used in the game of chess: each player has 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks (or castles), 2 knights, 2 bishops, and 8 pawns 3
noun plural chessman any piece used in the game of chess. 1
noun chessman A solid figure used as a chess piece. 1
noun chessman chess piece 1
noun chessman (chess) A chess piece. 0

See all 6 definitions of chessman

Information block about the term

Origin of chessman

First appearance:

before 1275

One of the 13% oldest English words

1275-1325; Middle English; earlier chesse meyne, equivalent to chesse chess1 + meyne household (man, men by folk etymology) < Middle French mesniée < Latin mansiōn- (stem of mansiō); see mansion

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Chessman

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Chessman

chessman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

chessman usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Synonyms for chessman

noun chessman

piece — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
pawn — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
knight — Eric, 1897–1943, U.S. novelist, born in England.
king — one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne. Compare Roland.
queen — Ellery, joint pen name of Manfred Bennington Lee and Frederick Dannay.

All 9 Synonyms of chessman