"silver general" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: silver generals [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Japanese 銀将 (ginshō). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ja|銀将|tr=ginshō}} Calque of Japanese 銀将 (ginshō) Head templates: {{en-noun}} silver general (plural silver generals)
  1. (shogi) A piece in shogi that can move one step in any diagonal direction or straight forward. Categories (topical): Shogi Related terms: gold general Translations (shogi piece): 銀將 (Chinese Mandarin), 银将 (yínjiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 銀将 (ginshō) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-silver_general-en-noun-WDUVsn~D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: board-games, games, shogi

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for silver general meaning in English (1.6kB)

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