bishop

noun/ˈbɪʃəp/

Frequency rank: #2,498 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A senior Christian priest in charge of an area; a chess piece.

Illustration for the English word “bishop”

Example sentence

She captured his knight by moving her bishop diagonally across the board.

Synonyms & related words

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