player

[ pley-er ]

/ ˈpleɪ ər /

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noun

a person or thing that plays.

a person who takes part or is skilled in some game or sport.

a person who plays parts on the stage; an actor.

a performer on a musical instrument.

Informal. a participant, as in a conference or business deal.

a machine or piece of software that reproduces sound or images: a record player; a videodisc player; a digital media player.

a gambler.

Slang. a person engaged in illicit or illegal activity, especially a pimp.

a mechanical device by which a musical instrument, as a player piano, is played automatically.

Nearby words

playbroker, playclothes, playday, playdown, played out, player, player character, player piano, playfellow, playful, playfully

Origin of player

before 1000; Middle English pleyer, Old English plegere. See play, -er¹

Related forms

coun·ter·play·er, nounnon·play·er, nounself-play·er, nounsu·per·play·er, noun

Definition for player (2 of 2)

Player

[ pley-er ]

/ ˈpleɪ ər /

noun

Gary,born 1935, South African golfer.

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Examples from the Web for player

By setting no goals, the player must find their own purpose.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And that gets to the heart of what makes the game so incredible: By staying silent, it turns the player into the game master.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The player starts out with a fleet of three or four ships (depending on the machine), which he operates one at a time.
‘Asteroids’ & The Dawn of the Gamer Age|David Owen|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When NFL player Ray Rice beats his wife, the media is outraged and demands action.
Should Twitter Suspend LGBT Engineer Accused Of Raping Her Wife?|Emily Shire|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Consider that in 1970, there was one 300-pound player in the National Football League.
College Football Fattens Players Up and Then Abandons Them|Evin Demirel|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A player who gives the odds of a piece, may give it each game from the king's or queen's side, at his option.
Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million|Sarah Josepha Hale
The deal shall be finished when every player has received five cards.
Round Games with Cards|W. H. Peel
The player whose answer reveals to him the proverb, must go outside in his place.
Games For All Occasions|Mary E. Blain
Matt will put a team in the field worth beating, and we all know what a player he is himself when he wants to do the right thing.
Fast Nine|Alan Douglas
One player in the group, generally self-appointed, but sometimes chosen by popular consent, does the "counting out."
Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium|Jessie H. Bancroft

British Dictionary definitions for player (1 of 2)

player

/ (ˈpleɪə) /

noun

a person who participates in or is skilled at some game or sport

a person who plays a game or sport professionally

a person who plays a musical instrument

an actor

informal a participant, esp a powerful one, in a particular field of activitya leading city player

See record player

the playing mechanism in a Pianola

British Dictionary definitions for player (2 of 2)

Player

/ (ˈpleɪə) /

noun

Gary (ˈɡærɪ). born 1935, South African golfer: winner of nine major championships (1959–78), including the British Open (1959, 1968, 1974)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

player

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British Dictionary definitions for player (2 of 2)

Player

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