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lime@feddit.nu 2 weeks agojesters? they’re bishops…
sheogorath@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
wieson@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
You may look a bit beyond the edge of the anglophone world.
lime@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
well in my language they’re “runners” so i guess i should have thought a bit harder there…
Eiri@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Sorry. Did a direct translation of the French name without thinking.
lime@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
well, til!
wieson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And in German they’re “Runners”
apolo399@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ll add Spanish! “Alfil”, taken from arabic “(al-)fil”, taken from persian “pil”, meaning “the elephant”, since at some point in the past the piece was, evidently, an elephant.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I would have figured Germany would have been the one that changed whatever it was before to bishops in the medieval times on account of how important bishops were for the king/emperor’s military.