checker Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an attendant who checks coats or baggage
  2. noun one who checks the correctness of something
  3. noun one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
    chequer.
  4. verb mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
    check; chequer.
  5. verb variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
    chequer.

WordNet

Check"er noun
Etymology
From Check, v. t.
Definitions
  1. One who checks.
Check"er transitive verb
Etymology
From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. échiquier. See Check, n., and cf. 3d Checker.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Checkered ; present participle & verbal noun Checkering
Definitions
  1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.
  2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, color, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosterity and adversity.
    Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. Addison.
Check"er noun
Etymology
OF. eschequier. See Checker, v. t.
Definitions
  1. A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
  2. A pattern in checks; a single check.
  3. Checkerwork. ✍ This word is also written chequer.

Webster 1913