alfin

== English == === Alternative forms === alphin === Etymology === From Middle English awfyn, alphyn, aufyn, etc., from Middle French alfin, from Old Spanish alfil, arfil, from Arabic الفِيل (al-fīl, “the elephant”). === Noun === alfin (plural alfins) (chess, historical) A bishop. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “alfin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Falin, final, flain