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Webster 1913 Edition
Checkered
Check′ered
(chĕk′ẽrd)
, Adj.
1.
Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.
Dancing in the
checkered
shade. Milton.
2.
Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.;
as, a character with a
checkered
pastThis
checkered
narrative. Macaulay.
Definition 2024
checkered
checkered
English
Alternative forms
Verb
checkered
- simple past tense and past participle of checker
Adjective
A checkered flag
checkered (comparative more checkered, superlative most checkered)
- Divided into squares, or into light and dark patches.
- That is a checkered tablecloth.
- Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty.
- I have a checkered past.
Translations
divided into squares
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changeable