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CHECKERS
checkers, draughts
(noun) a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent’s pieces
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
checkers
plural of checker
Etymology 2
Noun
checkers (uncountable)
(board games, US, Canada, in the singular) A game for two players played on a chessboard; the players have 12 pieces each, and the object is to capture all the opponent’s pieces by jumping over them. Other European varieties have larger boards and more playing pieces.
(board games, US, Canada, in the plural) the playing pieces in the game of checkers.
Synonyms
• draughts (UK)
Etymology 3
Verb
checkers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checker
Anagrams
• rechecks
Source: Wiktionary
Check"ers, n. pl. Etym: [See Checher, v.]
Definition: A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.
CHECKER
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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