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Meaning of solitaire

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solitaire

Pronunciation:/ˈsɒlɪˌtɛəɹ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.

  2. A game for one person, played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping", as in draughts.

  3. Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called patience in the rest of the world.

  4. An extinct bird related to the dodo, Pezophaps solitaria, Rodrigues solitaire, that lived on the island of Rodrigues.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Living or being alone; solitary