English Explanatory Dictionary

player

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One that plays.
  2. One who plays any game or sport.
  3. An actor in a dramatic play.
  4. One who plays on a musical instrument.
  5. A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
  6. A gambler.
  7. A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
  8. An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
  9. A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
  10. One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
  11. A participant; one involved in something.
  12. One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a sportsman.

Pronunciation

/ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-player.wav /ˈpleɪ.ɚ/

Word forms

player players

Etymology

From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.

Synonyms

laker adulterer bed-hopper carpetmonger chamberer debauchee debaucher fornicator gallant lecher lewdster libertine hood rat philanderer rake rantipole rizzler roué player seducer voluptuary wanton

Related words

baller

Derived words

advantage player back gammon player badminton player ball player baseball player basketball player bass player beach volleyball player bit player Blu-ray player bugle player bugle-player cardplayer cassette player CD player cello player chalk player chessplayer chess player coplayer cosplayer DVD player field hockey player five-tool player five tool player flute-player football player gameplayer gamesplayer garmon player gridiron football player guitar-player handball player harp-player hockey player horseplayer interplayer jazz player long-player long player marquee player most valuable player MP3 player MP4 player multiplayer multi-player nonplayer non-player character oboe-player outfield player photoplayer piano player ping pong player player base playerbase player character playerdom playeress player-hater player hater

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 參加者 /参加者 Chinese Mandarin: 參與者 /参与者 Finnish: tekijä German: Player German: Akteur Italian: protagonista Macedonian: играч Swedish: spelare
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