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fers¹
- /ˈfɜːz/ UK
- /ˈfɜɹz/ US
Sounds like furs · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)z
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle English fers, from Old French fierce, from Medieval Latin ferzia, from Classical Persian فَرْزِین (farzīn).
noun ferses · ferz
- The medieval chess piece that developed into the modern queen. With their introduction the fers and the alfil disappeared from European chess.
- A fairy chess piece that moves one square diagonally. In Monochromatic chess moves are only allowed between cells of the same colour. Thus the kings are reduced to ferses, the rooks to dabbabariders, and the knights to dummies. […] Another type of rider is the Mao which is the knight in Chinese chess. It makes its move in two steps, a noncapturing wazi
FERS²
proper noun
- Federal Employees Retirement System.
Talk about this word "fers." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fers. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fers. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fers "fers." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fers.Cite this
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title = {fers},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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