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.

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Origin of player

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

Related formscoun·ter·play·er, nounnon·play·er, nounself-play·er, nounsu·per·play·er, noun

Player

[ pley-er ]

/ ˈpleɪ ər /

noun

Gary,born 1935, South African golfer.

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By setting no goals, the player must find their own purpose.
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And that gets to the heart of what makes the game so incredible: By staying silent, it turns the player into the game master.
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The player starts out with a fleet of three or four ships (depending on the machine), which he operates one at a time.
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When NFL player Ray Rice beats his wife, the media is outraged and demands action.
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Consider that in 1970, there was one 300-pound player in the National Football League.
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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.
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The deal shall be finished when every player has received five cards.
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The player whose answer reveals to him the proverb, must go outside in his place.
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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.
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One player in the group, generally self-appointed, but sometimes chosen by popular consent, does the "counting out."
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British Dictionary definitions for player

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

Player

/ (ˈpleɪə) /

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for player

player

Old English plegere, agent noun from play (v.). Stage sense is from mid-15c. As a pimp's word for himself (also playa), attested from 1974. Player-piano attested from 1901.

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