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Chancellor. Moves like rook or as knight.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Sun, Mar 16, 2003 11:32 AM UTC:
Fergus Duniho is right, Marshal/Martial is another coincidence like Ashtapada/Spider and Alfil/Elephant. Note also that one of the inflections of the Chinese word Ma means horse (another means mother, possibly the only pun crossing this E-W divide!). To reinforce the name further air forces have Marshals, and flight ties in with zoological Rook!