meeple
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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Blend of my + people. Coined in November 2000 by Alison Hansel[1] during a game of Carcassonne in south-shore Boston[2].
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmiːpəl/
Audio (southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -iːpəl
Noun[edit]
meeple (plural meeples or meeple)
- A small person-shaped figure used as a player's token in a board game.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:meeple.