English

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Etymology

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From chess +‎ player.

Noun

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chessplayer (plural chessplayers)

  1. Alternative spelling of chess player
    • 1896, Henry James, The Figure in the Carpet, page 37:
      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.