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chequer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈt͡ʃɛkə/

Etymology

See checker. (fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.”

Meanings

1. The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.
2. (UK, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of checker.
   alt of checker

Forms

Deriveds

green-white-chequer · chequer tree · chequerwise · chequy · chequerwork

Relateds

cheque · Chancellor of the Exchequer · exchequer · Chequers · chequebook

chequer en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈt͡ʃɛkə/

Etymology

See checker. (fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.”

Meanings

1. (UK, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of checker.
   alt of checker
   • A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart. 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. (please specify the chapter number)”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
   • Our minds are, as it were, chequered with truth and falsehood. 1711 December 11 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, December 1, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 237; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

chequer-brat