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• Solitaire — Solitaire, also called patience, is any of a family of single player card games of a generally similar character, but varying greatly in detail. The games are generally referred to as patience in British English and solitaire in American English …   Wikipedia

• Solitaire (Windows) — Solitaire A component of Microsoft Windows Details …   Wikipedia

• Solitaire, Namibia — Solitaire, Namibia, founded in 1948 by Willem Christoffel van Colller.In 1948 Willem Christoffel van Coller bought 33,000 hectares of land from the South West Administration (the government of Namibia at the time) for the purpose of farming… …   Wikipedia

• solitaire — (n.) 1716, solitary person, recluse, from Fr. solitaire, from L. solitarius (see SOLITARY (Cf. solitary)). Sense of a precious stone set by itself is from 1727. Meaning card game played by one person is first attested 1746 …   Etymology dictionary

• solitaire — [säl′ə ter΄] n. [Fr solitaire < L solitarius: see SOLITARY] 1. Archaic a hermit or recluse 2. a diamond or other gem set by itself, as in a ring 3. any of many card games played by one person …   English World dictionary

• Solitaire — Sol i*taire , n. [F. See {Solitary}.] 1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. [1913 Webster] Diamond solitaires… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Solitaire board wargame — Board wargames in the modern, commercial sense have generally concentrated on gameplay designed for two or more participants. While playing solitaire (ie, alone) is possible with any game, it is generally done so as an exercise in analysis rather …   Wikipedia

• solitaire — /sol i tair /, n. 1. Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52 card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a… …   Universalium

• Solitaire terminology — There are a number of common features in many solitaire (patience) games, such as building down and the foundations and tableau , used to simplify the description of new games. Here is a partial list.Deal*Stack Cards are placed directly on top of …   Wikipedia

• solitaire — [[t]sɒ̱lɪte͟ə(r)[/t]] solitaires 1) N UNCOUNT Solitaire is a game for one person in which you move and remove objects on a board, with the aim of having one object left at the end of the game. 2) N UNCOUNT Solitaire is a card game for only one… …   English dictionary

• solitaire — /ˈsɒlətɛə / (say soluhtair) noun 1. a game played by one person alone, as a game played with marbles or pegs on a board having hollows or holes. 2. US → patience (def. 4). 3. a precious stone, especially a diamond, set by itself, as in a ring. 4 …