Board game played on a chess board. Each of the two players has 12 disk-shaped pieces, and attempts either to capture all the opponent's pieces or to block their movements.
A checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces; SYN. draughts.

British; checkers

ETYM AS. cyng, cyning; akin to OS. kuning, Dutch koning, Old High Germ. kuning, German könig, Icel. konungr, Swed. konung, Dan. konge; formed with a patronymic ending, and from the root of Eng. kin; cf. Icel. konr a man of noble birth. Related to Kin.
1. A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom; SYN. male monarch.
2. A competitor who holds a preeminent position; SYN. world-beater.
3. One of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king. + prikaži više

The most powerful chess piece; it may move perpendicularly or diagonally across the board.

ETYM French dame, Late Lat. domna, from Latin domina mistress, lady, fem. of dominus master, ruler, lord; akin to domare to tame, subdue. Related to Tame, Dam a mother, Dan, Danger, Dungeon, Dominie, Don, Duenna.
In the UK honors system, the title of a woman who has been awarded the Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Royal Victorian Order, or Order of the British Empire.
It is also in law the legal title of the wife or widow of a knight or baronet, placed before her name.
1. A woman of refinement; SYN. madam, madame, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman.
2. Informal terms for a (young) woman; SYN. doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. ladi, laefdi, as. hlaefdige, hlaefdie; as. hlâf loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to Eng. dairy. Related to Loaf, Lord.
1. A polite name for any woman.
2. A woman of aristocratic family; SYN. noblewoman, peeress.

1. A woman who runs a house of prostitution; SYN. brothel keeper.
2. Mistress — used as a title formerly with the given name but now with the surname or especially with a designation of rank or office
3. The female head of a house of prostitution
4. The female head of a household; wife