Usually means: Knight or bishop in chess.
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  1. minor piece: Merriam-Webster
  2. minor piece: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. minor piece: Wiktionary
  4. minor piece: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. minor piece: Dictionary.com
  6. Minor piece: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (minor piece)

▸ noun:  (chess) A bishop or a knight.

Similar:
good bishop, archer, alfin, boy bishop, cobishop, even-bishop, bishop, knight, prince-bishop, chapter, more...

Opposite:
major piece, heavy piece, royal piece

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Similar:
good bishop, archer, alfin, boy bishop, cobishop, even-bishop, bishop, knight, prince-bishop, chapter, more...

Opposite:
major piece, heavy piece, royal piece



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