Chequer
//ˈt͡ʃɛkə// name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.
- 2 one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers wordnet
- 3 Alternative spelling of checker. UK, alt-of, alternative
Verb
- 1 Alternative spelling of checker. UK, alt-of, alternative
"Our minds are, as it were, chequered with truth and falsehood."
- 2 variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns wordnet
- 3 mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"Our minds are, as it were, chequered with truth and falsehood."
Etymology
See checker. (fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.”
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