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   solitaire

   /ˌsɒlɪˈtɛː/

   noun

   • 1. any of various card games played by one person, the object of which is to use up all one's cards by forming particular arrangements and sequences.
   • 2. a game for one player played by removing pegs one at a time from a board by jumping others over them from adjacent holes, the object being to be left with only one peg. British
   • 3. a diamond or other gem set in a piece of jewellery by itself: "a diamond solitaire"
   • ▪ a ring set with a solitaire diamond or other gem.
   • 4. either of two large extinct flightless birds related to the dodo, found on two of the Mascarene Islands until they were exterminated in the 18th century.
   • 5. a large American thrush with mainly grey plumage and a short bill.

   Word Origin early 18th century: from French, from Latin solitarius (see solitary).

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