alfin

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noun

A bishop.

OriginMiddle English awfyn ← Middle French alfin ← Old Spanish alfil →
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Meanings

nounalfin (plural alfins)

plural alfins · alternative alphin

  1. historicalboard gamesA bishop.

Origin

  1. Arabicالفِيل“the elephant”
  2. Old Spanishalfil
  3. Middle Frenchalfin
  4. Middle Englishawfyn
  5. Englishalfin

From Middle English awfyn, alphyn, aufyn, etc., from Middle French alfin, from Old Spanish alfil, arfil, from Arabic الفِيل (al-fīl, “the elephant”).

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APA

alfin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alfin

MLA

“alfin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alfin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alfin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alfin.

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