Mann

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
  2. 2
    A surname from Punjabi.
  3. 3
    Isle of Man
  4. 4
    A river in the Northern Rivers region, New South Wales, Australia, which joins the Clarence River.
Noun
  1. 1
    A fairy chess piece that can move to any adjacent square. It moves like a king but is not a royal piece.

    "The mann moves like a king but is not royal; he cannot castle and he’s allowed to be captured. The mann is most popular for chess theorists who wish to discuss the king as an attacking piece, or for chess puzzles that wish to use a non-royal king."

  2. 2
    Descendants of Burmese people who settled in Northeast India.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Mann (“man”).

Etymology 2

As a German surname, from the root of man.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Assamese মান (man, “Burmese”).

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