Definition of chessman Chessman

/ʧɛˈsmʌn/ - [chesmun] - chess•man

We found 3 definitions of chessman from 3 different sources.

What does chessman mean?

Noun Plural: chessmen
chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
		chess piece
		man, piece game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
		chess set checkerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chess
		bishop (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
		rook, castle common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
		king (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
		knight, horse a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
		pawn borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan