"nine men's morris" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Popularly claimed to ultimately be from Latin merellus (“gamepiece (incl. in draughts), token, etc.”); a possible connection has also been linked to French marelle (“hopscotch”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|merellus||gamepiece (incl. in draughts), token, etc.}} Latin merellus (“gamepiece (incl. in draughts), token, etc.”), {{cog|fr|marelle||hopscotch}} French marelle (“hopscotch”), {{quote-book|en|author=Alexander Humez|date=1994-08-05|isbn=978-0-671-74281-2|publisher=Simon and Schuster|title=Zero to Lazy Eight: The Romance Numbers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X429EAr8g4kC&pg=PA149&dq=merellus+morris&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrk5PhsvCIAxWzC3kGHUHKHdIQ6AF6BAgNEAI#v=onepage&q=merellus%20morris&f=false}} 1994 August 5, Alexander Humez, Zero to Lazy Eight: The Romance Numbers, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:, {{quote-book|en|title=ICELANDIC LITERATURE|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hnPy3q0DjngC&pg=RA3-PA118&dq=merellus+morris&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrk5PhsvCIAxWzC3kGHUHKHdIQ6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=merellus%20morris&f=false|year=1905}} 1905, ICELANDIC LITERATURE: Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nine men's morris (uncountable)
  1. An ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Board games Related terms: twelve men's morris Translations (board game): errota-joko (Basque), marro de nou [masculine] (Catalan), mylly (Finnish), Mühle [feminine] (German), malom (Hungarian), mylla [feminine] (Icelandic), filetto [masculine] (Italian), mulino [masculine] (Italian), mølle [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mølle [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), młynek [masculine] (Polish), țintar [neuter] (Romanian), moară [feminine] (Romanian), kvarn (Swedish), kvarnspel (Swedish), dokuztaş (Turkish)
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