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Meanings of chessman in English

Portuguese
peças de xadrez
Catalan
peça d'escacs

Any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.

peças de xadrez
Usage of chessman in English
1
The chessman fell from her hand and bounced on the floor.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
2
One battleship was one unit, one chessman on the naval board.
My Year of the War / Including an Account of Experiences with th...
3
Only the fact must be faced and realized, and the new chessman's moves recognized.
The Canadian Commonwealth
4
He bent over, apparently to pick up the chessman.
The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers
5
Why, he doesn't look any larger than a chessman.
The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills; Or, The Missing Pilot of th...
6
God only knows whence that chessman had materialised.
Dead Souls
7
Armies and nations move with the chessman.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
8
He moved each deliberately and set it down with a slight thump, rather as if it were a chessman.
If Winter Comes
9
Nemo thumbed a toggle switch on his box, like a little silver chessman, and a red light started blinking.
Karen Memory
10
His manner was so trying that time that I banged a chessman on his forehead which was injured a little bit and bled.
Botchan (Master Darling)
11
He'd done his best, him and Joshua and Hairy Mike and poor old Mister Jeffers, who'd never raise an eyebrow or move a chessman again.
Fevre Dream
12
Before Ramón could react, I put the chessmen away in their case.
The black minutes
13
In fact, it was Chessman who finally brought us to space travel.
Adaptation
14
Watson started to say something but Chessman held up a restraining hand.
Adaptation
15
Chessman said over his shoulder to Reif, Khan, you're in the saddle.
Adaptation
16
The aging Tulan looked at Watson before turning back to Joe Chessman.
Adaptation
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