chessman

chessman
/ches"man', -meuhn/, n., pl. chessmen /-men', -meuhn/.
any piece used in the game of chess.
[1275-1325; ME; earlier chesse meyne, equiv. to chesse CHESS1 + meyne household (man, men by folk etymology) < MF mesniée < L mansion- (s. of mansio); see MANSION]

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