checker

checker
checker (n.) early 14c., "a chessboard," aphetic of O.Fr. eschequier "chessboard," from M.L. scaccarium (see CHECK (Cf. check) (n.)). Meaning "pattern of squares" is late 14c. British prefers chequer, but the U.S. form is more authentic. The word had earlier senses of "a game of chess or checkers" (mid-13c.) and "table covered with checked cloth for counting" (late 12c. in Anglo-Latin); both senses also were in Old French. The verb is recorded from c.1400 (implied in checkered "marked like a chessboard").

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  • checker — checker1 [chek′ər] n. [ME cheker, chessboard, aphetic < escheker < OFr eschekier < ML scaccarium: see CHECK] 1. a small square, as on a chessboard 2. a pattern of such squares 3. a) [pl., with sing. v.] a game played on a checkerboard by …   English World dictionary

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