'Checkered' definitions:

Definition of 'checkered'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Patterned with alternating squares of color [syn: checked, checkered, chequered]
adjective
Marked by changeable fortune; "a checkered business career"

Definition of 'Checkered'

From: GCIDE
  • Checker \Check"er\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkered (ch[e^]k"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Checkering.] [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. ['e]chiquier. See Check, n., and cf. 3d Checker.]
  • 1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity. [1913 Webster]
  • Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Checkered'

From: GCIDE
  • Checkered \Check"ered\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]rd), a.
  • 1. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material. [1913 Webster]
  • Dancing in the checkered shade. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.; as, a character with a checkered past [1913 Webster]
  • This checkered narrative. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]