Checker Definition
chĕkər
checkered, checkering, checkers
noun
One, such as an inspector or examiner, that checks.
American Heritage
One that receives items for temporary safekeeping or for shipment.
A baggage checker.
American Heritage
A small square, as on a chessboard.
Webster's New World
A game played on a checkerboard by two players, each with twelve round, flat pieces to move.
Webster's New World
A pattern of such squares.
Webster's New World
verb
checkered, checkering, checkers
To mark off in squares, or in patches of color.
Webster's New World
To diversify (something) in color, shading, or character; variegate.
American Heritage
To break the uniformity of, as with varied features or events, with changes in fortune, etc.
Webster's New World
To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark spots, like a checkerboard.
Wiktionary
(intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark spots, like a checkerboard.
Wiktionary
Origin of Checker
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Middle English cheker chessboard alteration of escheker from Old French eschequier from eschec check in chess check
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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