chessplayer

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A form of chess player — A human or computer that plays the game of chess.

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Meanings

nounchessplayer (plural chessplayers)

plural chessplayers

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of chess player.

    The hours spent there by Corvick were present to my fancy as those of a chessplayer bent with a silent scowl, all the lamplit winter, over his board and his moves.

    1896, Henry James, The Figure in the Carpet, page 37

Origin

From chess + player.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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