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Definition of: tarot
(tar′ō, -ət) noun
One of a set of playing cards with grilled or checkered backs used in Italy as early as the 14th century; also, a game played with such cards in which 22 are trumps and the other 56 are the usual Italian playing cards: used by fortune–tellers and gipsies in foretelling future events. [<F <Ital. tarocco <taroccare wrangle, play at cards; ult. origin obscure]
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