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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

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[pley-er]

–noun

Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.

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play·er (plā'ər) Pronunciation Key
n.

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.
An active participant: a major player in world affairs.
The mechanism actuating a player piano.
A machine that reproduces recorded audio or audio-visual material.
Slang One who actively seeks out sexual partners and carries on a number of sexual affairs at the same time.

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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"