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5 dictionary results for: player
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

play⋅er

[pley-er]
–noun
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.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME pleyer, OE plegere. See play, -er 1
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

Play⋅er

[pley-er]
–noun
Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
play·er     (plā'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. One that plays, especially:
    1. One who participates in a game or sport.
    2. A gambler.
    3. One who performs in theatrical roles.
    4. One who plays a musical instrument.
  2. An active participant: a major player in world affairs.
  3. The mechanism actuating a player piano.
  4. A machine that reproduces recorded audio or audio-visual material.
  5. Slang One who actively seeks out sexual partners and carries on a number of sexual affairs at the same time.
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
player

noun
1. a person who participates in or is skilled at some game 
2. someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) [syn: musician
3. a theatrical performer [syn: actor
4. a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously 
5. an important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a major player in setting up the corporation" 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Player

Play"er\, n. 1. One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler. --Shak.

2. One who plays any game.

3. A dramatic actor. --Shak.

4. One who plays on an instrument of music. "A cunning player on a harp." --1 Sam. xvi. 16.

5. A gamester; a gambler.

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