checker
noun
[ ˈtʃɛkə ]
• a person or thing that verifies or examines something.
• "a spelling and grammar checker"
• a cashier in a supermarket.
checker
noun
• US spelling of chequer (noun).
checker
verb
• US spelling of chequer (verb).
chequer
noun
• the game of draughts.
chequer
verb
• divide into or mark with an arrangement of squares of different colour or character.
• "sunlight fell through the trees, chequering the stones"
Origin:
Middle English: from exchequer. The original sense ‘chessboard’ gave rise to chequered meaning ‘marked like a chessboard’; hence the sense ‘pattern of squares’ (early 16th century).
