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Player

Player Meaning & Definition
Player Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Player?

[n]
[n] someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
[n] a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
[n] an important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a major player in setting up the corporation"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Player: actor | histrion | instrumentalist | musician | participant | role player | thespian

Related Terms | Find terms related to Player: actor | actress | adventurer | amateur athlete | antagonist | archer | artist | artiste | athlete | bad guy | ballplayer | barnstormer | baseballer | baseman | batter | battery | betting ring | bettor | blocking back | boneshaker | bowman | cardshark | cardsharp | cardsharper | carouser | catcher | center | character | character actor | character man | character woman | child actor | coach | competitor | compulsive gambler | concert artist | contender | contestant | corrival | crap shooter | cricketer | cutup | defensive lineman | diseur | diseuse | dramatizer | emulator | end | entertainer | entrant | executant | feeder | foil | footballer | frisker | frolicker | funmaker | gambler | gamboler | games-player | gamester | guard | hazarder | heavy | histrio | histrion | impersonator | infielder | ingenue | instrumentalist | interpreter | jock | jumper | juvenile | lineman | maestro | matinee idol | merrymaker | mime | mimer | mimic | minstrel | minstrelsy | monologist | mummer | music maker | musician | offensive lineman | outfield | outfielder | pantomime | pantomimist | participant | performer | petty gambler | piker | playactor | playboy | pleasurer | pleasure-seeker | pleasurist | plunger | poloist | professional athlete | protean actor | pugilist | punter | quarterback | racer | reciter | reveler | rival | rollicker | Roscius | sharp | sharper | sharpie | skater | skylarker | soloist | soubrette | speculator | sport | sporting man | sportsman | sportswoman | stage performer | stage player | stooge | straight man | stroller | strolling player | tackle | tailback | the field | theatrical | thespian | tinhorn | tipster | tout | toxophilite | trouper | tunester | utility man | venturer | vier | villain | virtuosa | virtuoso | wagerer | wingback | wrestler

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Player In Webster's Dictionary

\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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