Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Checker"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Checker \Check"er\, n. [From {Check}, v. t.]
One who checks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Checker \Check"er\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Checkered} (-[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Checkering}.] [From
OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. ['e]chiquier. 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,
colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent
alternations of prosperity and adversity.
Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and
falsehood. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Checker \Check"er\, n. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
checker
n 1: an attendant who checks coats or baggage
2: one who checks the correctness of something
v 1: mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
[syn: {check}, {chequer}]
2: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns [syn: {chequer}]
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