meeple
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meeple
- /ˈmiːpəl/ UK
Rhymes with -iːpəl
Where it comes from
Blend of my + people. Coined by Alison Hansel in November 2000 during a game of Carcassonne on the South Shore of Massachusetts.
noun meeples · meeple
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A small person-shaped figure used as a player's token in a board game.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:meeple.
Similar: board game piece
Translations
Talk about this word "meeple." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/meeple. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. meeple. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/meeple "meeple." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/meeple.Cite this
@misc{meeple_2026,
title = {meeple},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meeple},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
