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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Euchre \Eu"chre\, n. [Perh. from F. ['e]cart['e].] A game at cards, that may be played by two three or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See {Bower}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Euchre \Eu"chre\, v. t. 1. To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump. 2. To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme. [Slang.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: euchre n : a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand [syn: {five hundred}]
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