player

[pley-er] /ˈpleɪ ər/
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, especially a pimp.
9.
a mechanical device by which a musical instrument, as a player piano, is played automatically.
Origin
before 1000; Middle English pleyer, Old English plegere. See play, -er1
Related forms
counterplayer, noun
nonplayer, noun
self-player, noun
superplayer, noun

Player

[pley-er] /ˈpleɪ ər/
noun
1.
Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.
Examples from the web for player
  • For example, a player could choose to wager one dollar per game on a nickel slot machine.
  • As the player chooses items, a number of credits is revealed and awarded.
  • This is known as the theoretical payout percentage or rtp, return to player.
  • The cheats give the player an incentive to play the latest games.
  • A player who breaks a rule is penalized by being given an additional card from the deck.
  • Some variants require the player to announce when he only has one card left in his hand.
  • After the first trick the player who took that trick plays the next leading card.
  • A player cannot play hearts as leading cards unless the player cannot do otherwise.
  • If you doubled a player and that player doubled you, the difference is accounted twice.
  • At higher levels of the game, the fitter player has a major advantage.
British Dictionary definitions for player

player

/ˈpleɪə/
noun
1.
a person who participates in or is skilled at some game or sport
2.
a person who plays a game or sport professionally
3.
a person who plays a musical instrument
4.
an actor
5.
(informal) a participant, esp a powerful one, in a particular field of activity: a leading city player
6.
See record player
7.
the playing mechanism in a Pianola

Player

/ˈpleɪə/
noun
1.
Gary (ˈɡærɪ). born 1935, South African golfer: winner of nine major championships (1959–78), including the British Open (1959, 1968, 1974)
Word Origin and History for player
n.

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.

Slang definitions & phrases for player

player

noun
  1. A bettor: A lot of players are avoiding OTB (1483+)
  2. : some of his fellow ''players'' (as pimps refer to themselves) (1974+)
  3. An active participant: Man, I'm a player. I gotta be watched (mid-1980s+)
Related Terms

chalk-eater, horseplayer, piccolo player