meeple
nounUK /ˈmiːpəl/
Etymology Blend of my + people. Coined by Alison Hansel in November 2000 during a game of Carcassonne on the South Shore of Massachusetts.
1
A small person-shaped figure used as a player's token in a board game.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:meeple.
- Synonyms
- board game piece