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solitaire Definition


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solitaire
noun
    1. Any of several games for one player only, especially one whose object is to eliminate pegs or marbles from a board and leave only one.
    2. A single gem in a setting on its own.
    (N Amer, especially US)
    3. The card game patience.
    4. A gigantic flightless bird related to the dodo, extinct since the 18th century.
    5. An American or West Indian fly-catching thrush.
Etymology: 14c: French.



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