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Webster 1913 Edition
Checkers
Check′ers
(chĕk′ẽrz)
, Noun.
pl.
[See ]
Checher
, Verb.
A game, called also
draughts
, 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. Webster 1828 Edition
Checkers
CHECKERS
, n plu. A common game on a checkered board.Definition 2024
checkers
checkers
English
A game of checkers (draughts).
Noun
checkers
- plural of checker
Etymology 2
From Old French eschequier (“chessboard”).
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)
Translations
draughts — see draughts
Etymology 3
Verb
checkers
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of checker