chess piece

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chess pieces

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chess piece (countable and uncountable, plural chess pieces)

  1. (chess) Any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.
  2. (idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another.

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Chess pieces in English · chess pieces, chessmen (see also: chess) (layout · text)
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king queen rook, castle bishop knight pawn