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Webster 1913 Edition

Checkered

Check′ered

(chĕk′ẽrd)

,

Adj.

1.

Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.

Dancing in the

checkered

shade.

Milton.

2.

Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.;

as, a character with a

checkered

past

This

checkered

narrative.

Macaulay.