Meanings
nounsilver general (plural silver generals)
plural silver generals
- board gamesA piece in shogi that can move one step in any diagonal direction or straight forward.
Origin
- Japanese銀将
- Englishsilver general
Calque of Japanese 銀将 (ginshō).
More words from Japanese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 銀將 /银将
- 銀將 /银将 (yínjiàng)shogi piece
Japanese 銀将
- 銀将 (ginshō)shogi piece
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