SOLITAIRE

solitaire, patience

(noun) a card game played by one person

solitaire

(noun) a dull grey North American thrush noted for its beautiful song

solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria

(noun) extinct flightless bird related to the dodo

solitaire

(noun) a gem (usually a diamond) in a setting by itself

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

solitaire (countable and uncountable, plural solitaires)

A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.

A game for one person, played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping", as in draughts.

(chiefly, US) Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called patience in the rest of the world.

An extinct bird related to the dodo, Pezophaps solitaria, Rodrigues solitaire, that lived on the island of Rodrigues.

An extinct bird formerly believed to be related to the dodo, more precisely Réunion solitaire, Raphus solitarius, now preferably Réunion ibis, Threskiornis solitarius.

One of several American species of bird in the genus Myadestes in the thrush family.

A single gem, usually a diamond, mounted in a piece of jewellery by itself.

(obsolete) A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century.

Synonyms

• (loner): hermit

Adjective

solitaire (comparative more solitaire, superlative most solitaire)

living or being alone; solitary

Anagrams

• oralities

Source: Wiktionary

Sol`i*taire", n. Etym: [F. See Solitary.]

1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. Pope.

2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists. Mrs. R. H. Davis.

3. A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping," as in draughts.

4. (Zoöl.) (a) A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary. (b) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus Myadestes. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also fly-catching thrush. A West Indian species (Myadestes sibilans) is called the invisible bird.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition