"alfin" meaning in English

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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "awfyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English awfyn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "alphyn"
      },
      "expansion": "alphyn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "aufyn"
      },
      "expansion": "aufyn",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "alfin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French alfin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "alfil"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish alfil",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osp",
        "2": "arfil"
      },
      "expansion": "arfil",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "فِيل",
        "4": "الفِيل",
        "5": "the elephant"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic الفِيل (al-fīl, “the elephant”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English awfyn, alphyn, aufyn, etc., from Middle French alfin, from Old Spanish alfil, arfil, from Arabic الفِيل (al-fīl, “the elephant”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alfins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "alfin (plural alfins)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Chess",
          "orig": "en:Chess",
          "parents": [
            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
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            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bishop"
      ],
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        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess, historical) bishop"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "alphin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alfin"
}

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    {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "awfyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English awfyn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "alphyn"
      },
      "expansion": "alphyn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "aufyn"
      },
      "expansion": "aufyn",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "alfin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French alfin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "alfil"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish alfil",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osp",
        "2": "arfil"
      },
      "expansion": "arfil",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "فِيل",
        "4": "الفِيل",
        "5": "the elephant"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic الفِيل (al-fīl, “the elephant”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English awfyn, alphyn, aufyn, etc., from Middle French alfin, from Old Spanish alfil, arfil, from Arabic الفِيل (al-fīl, “the elephant”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alfins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "alfin (plural alfins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "English terms derived from Old Spanish",
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        "en:Chess"
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      "glosses": [
        "bishop"
      ],
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          "chess",
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        ],
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chess, historical) bishop"
      ],
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        "historical"
      ],
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        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "alphin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alfin"
}