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chequer

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chequer¹

  • /ˈt͡ʃɛkə/
  • /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/ US

Where it comes from

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.”

noun chequers

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

verb chequers · chequering · chequered

  1. UK, alternative Alternative spelling of checker Our minds are, as it were, chequered with truth and falsehood.

Chequer²

proper noun Chequers

  1. A surname.

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"chequer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chequer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

chequer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chequer

Chicago

"chequer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chequer.

BibTeX
@misc{chequer_2026,
  title = {chequer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chequer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}