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solitaire

sol·i·taire [ sóllə tèr ] (plural sol·i·taires)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. card games card game for one: a card game played by one person, the object of which is to form sequences of cards, using up all the cards from several piles dealt face down

2. jewellery single gemstone: a gem, especially a diamond, that is set alone in a ring

3. birds songbird: a songbird of the thrush family. Native to: North and Central America, Caribbean.  Genus Myadestes.

[14th century. Via French, "recluse" < Latin solitarius (see solitary)]
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