CHECKER

checker, chequer

(noun) one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers

checker

(noun) one who checks the correctness of something

checker

(noun) an attendant who checks coats or baggage

checker, chequer

(verb) variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns

check, checker, chequer

(verb) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

checker (plural checkers)

One who checks or verifies something.

One who makes a check mark.

The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.

One who hinders or stops something.

Etymology 2

Noun

checker (plural checkers)

A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts).

A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.

Verb

checker (third-person singular simple present checkers, present participle checkering, simple past and past participle checkered)

(transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.

(intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.

Etymology 3

Noun

checker (plural checkers)

The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis

Usage notes

• Almost always spelled chequer, because the tree itself is native to areas where that spelling is used, and is pretty much unknown in areas that use the other spelling.

Anagrams

• recheck

Source: Wiktionary

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Check"er, n. Etym: [From Check, v. t.]

Definition: One who checks.

Check"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkered; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkering.] Etym: [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. échiquier. See Check, n., and cf. 3d Checker.]

1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.

2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, color, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosterity and adversity. Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. Addison.

Check"er, n. Etym: [OF. eschequier. See Checker, v. t.]

1. A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.

2. A pattern in checks; a single check.

3. Checkerwork.

Note: This word is also written chequer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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