noun
mao
mow
noun
1
A card game (named after Mao Zedong) in which the rules are deliberately kept secret from new players, who must work them out by observation and penalty.
"Nobody explains the rules of Mao to you — you just get penalized until you figure them out."
2
In fairy chess, a piece that moves one square orthogonally then one square diagonally outward, similar to but more restricted than a chess knight.
"The mao can be blocked mid-move, unlike the knight it resembles."
How to Use Mao
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBest known today as the secretive card game, or as a chess-variant piece; also a common Chinese surname, most famously Mao Zedong.
Word Forms
maos plural, maos plural
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