Meaning

noun an attendant who checks coats or baggage

noun one who checks the correctness of something

noun one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers

originEtymology tree English check Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English checker From check + -er.

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