[pley-er] 
| 1. | a person or thing that plays. |
| 2. | a person who takes part or is skilled in some game or sport. |
| 3. | a person who plays parts on the stage; an actor. |
| 4. | a performer on a musical instrument. |
| 5. | Informal. a participant, as in a conference or business deal. |
| 6. | a sound- or image-reproducing machine: a record player; a cassette player; a videodisc player. |
| 7. | a gambler. |
| 8. | Slang. a person engaged in illicit or illegal activity, esp. a pimp. |
| 9. | a mechanical device by which a musical instrument, as a player piano, is played automatically. |
[pley-er] | Gary, born 1935, South African golfer. |
| play·er (plā'ər) n.
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