checker.
One who or that which checks or verifies something.
Meaning & usage
One who or that which checks or verifies something.
One who makes a check mark.
The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
There was a long line at the grocery store because the checker was so slow.
One who hinders or stops something.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English check Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English checker From check + -er.
A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts), or certain other table games such as backgammon.
A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.
An individual square appearing in such a pattern.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cheker, aphetic from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), from Latin scaccarium, thus ultimately morpheme-for-morpheme cognate to etymology 1.
To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cheker, aphetic from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), from Latin scaccarium, thus ultimately morpheme-for-morpheme cognate to etymology 1.
The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis
Where this word comes from
Alteration of chequer.
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