\Sol`i*taire"\, n. [F. See {Solitary}.]
1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit.
   --Pope.

2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious
   stone of any kind set alone.

         Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists.
                                               --Mrs. R. H.
                                               Davis.

3. A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many
   games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board
   with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with
   all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of
   the pieces by ``jumping,'' as in draughts.

4. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A large extinct bird ({Pezophaps solitaria}) which
       formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and
       Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild
       turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called
       also {solitary}.
   (b) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus
       {Myadestes}. They are noted their sweet songs and
       retiring habits. Called also {fly-catching thrush}. A
       West Indian species ({Myadestes sibilans}) is called
       the {invisible bird}.