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Meaning of philosopher's game | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A game similar to chess, played on an oblong board with round, triangular and square pieces.

historical

Examples

“The ordinary recreations which we have in winter, and in most solitary times busy our minds with, are cards, tables and dice, shovelboard, chess-play, the philosopher's game, small trunks, shuttlecock […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

philosopher's lamp philosopher's stone philosopher's wool philosopheress Philosophers philosophers by fire