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Webster 1913 Edition


Euchre

Eu′chre

,
Noun.
[Perh. from F.
écarté
.]
A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See
Bower
.

Eu′chre

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump.
2.
To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme.
[Slang.]

Definition 2024


euchre

euchre

English

Noun

euchre (countable and uncountable, plural euchres)

  1. (card games) A trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.

Translations

Verb

euchre (third-person singular simple present euchres, present participle euchring, simple past and past participle euchred)

  1. To deceive.

References

  1. 2008, The Penguin Book of Card Games, David Parlett, Penguin UK, ISBN 9780141916101, text here.