Definition of player Player
/plejˈɚ/ - [pleyer] - play•er
We found 24 definitions of player from 5 different sources.
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What does player mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: players |
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| player - a person who participates in or is skilled at some game | ||
| participant | ||
| contestant a person who participates in competitions | ||
| ballplayer, baseball player an athlete who plays baseball | ||
| billiard player someone who plays billiards | ||
| bowler a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins | ||
| card player someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games | ||
| chess player someone who plays the game of chess | ||
| dart player someone who plays the game of darts | ||
| football player, footballer an athlete who plays American football | ||
| golf player, golfer, linksman someone who plays the game of golf | ||
| grandmaster a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge | ||
| hockey player, ice-hockey player an athlete who plays hockey | ||
| lacrosse player an athlete who plays lacrosse | ||
| most valuable player, mvp the player judged to be the most important to the sport | ||
| playmaker a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score | ||
| pool player someone who shoots pool | ||
| scorer a logger who marks trees to be felled | ||
| seeded player, seed one of the outstanding players in a tournament | ||
| server utensil used in serving food or drink | ||
| shooter (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket) | ||
| soccer player an athlete who plays soccer | ||
| stringer a long horizontal timber to connect uprights | ||
| tennis player an athlete who plays tennis | ||
| player - an important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a major player in setting up the corporation" | ||
| participant someone who takes part in an activity | ||
| business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" | ||
| player - a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously | ||
| player - a theatrical performer | ||
| actor, histrion, thespian, role player | ||
| performer, performing artist an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience | ||
| actress a female actor | ||
| play-actor, playactor, barnstormer, trouper a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting | ||
| character actor an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles | ||
| comedian a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts | ||
| ham actor, ham meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) | ||
| heavy a serious (or tragic) role in a play | ||
| ingenue the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play | ||
| leading man actor who plays the leading male role | ||
| mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist, mime a performance using gestures and body movements without words | ||
| plant (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | ||
| reenactor a person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier | ||
| scene-stealer an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene; "babies are natural scene-stealers" | ||
| movie actor, screen actor an actor who plays a role in a film | ||
| principal, star, lead the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account | ||
| spear carrier, supernumerary, extra a minor actor in crowd scenes | ||
| tragedian an actor who specializes in tragic roles | ||
| understudy, standby an actor able to replace a regular performer when required | ||
| upstager a selfish actor who upstages the other actors | ||
| walk-on plays a small part in a dramatic production | ||
| player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) | ||
| musician, instrumentalist | ||
| performer, performing artist an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience | ||
| musical group, musical organisation, musical organization an organization of musicians who perform together | ||
| accompanist, accompanyist a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) | ||
| accordionist a musician who plays the accordion | ||
| bandsman a player in a band (especially a military band) | ||
| bassist a musician who play the bass viol | ||
| bassoonist a musician who plays the bassoon | ||
| bell ringer something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" | ||
| carillonneur a musician who plays a carillon | ||
| cellist, violoncellist someone who plays a violoncello | ||
| clarinetist, clarinettist a musician who plays the clarinet | ||
| flautist, flute player, flutist someone who plays the flute | ||
| gambist a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba | ||
| guitar player, guitarist a musician who plays the guitar | ||
| harmoniser, harmonizer a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another | ||
| harper, harpist someone who plays the harp | ||
| harpsichordist someone who plays the harpsichord | ||
| hornist a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn) | ||
| jazz musician, jazzman a musician who plays or composes jazz music | ||
| keyboardist a musician who plays a keyboard instrument | ||
| koto player a musician who plays the koto | ||
| lutanist, lutenist, lutist a musician who plays the lute | ||
| oboist a musician who plays the oboe | ||
| organist a person who plays an organ | ||
| percussionist a musician who plays percussion instruments | ||
| pianist, piano player a person who plays the piano | ||
| bagpiper, piper someone who plays the bagpipe | ||
| recorder player someone who plays the recorder | ||
| rhythm and blues musician a performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music | ||
| rock 'n' roll musician, rocker a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro | ||
| saxist, saxophonist a musician who plays the saxophone | ||
| vocalist, vocaliser, vocalizer, singer a person who sings | ||
| sitar player a musician who plays the sitar | ||
| soloist a musician who performs a solo | ||
| trombone player, trombonist a musician who plays the trombone | ||
| cornetist, trumpeter large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry | ||
| vibist, vibraphonist a musician who plays the vibraphone | ||
| violinist, fiddler a musician who plays the violin | ||
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Wiktionary 
- player (Noun)
One who plays any game or sport. - player (Noun)
One who plays a part in something; a character. - player (Noun)
An actor in a dramatic play. - player (Noun)
One who plays on a musical instrument . - player (Noun)
One who is playful, given to games and other amusement; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler. - player (Noun)
A gamer; a gamester. - player (Noun)
A gambler. - player (Noun)
A person who play the plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship. - player (Noun)
An electronic device that plays audio and/or video media, such as CD player. - player (Noun)
A software application that plays audio and/or video. - player (Adjective)
Of something that " plays" itself, like certain automated devices.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- player (n.)
One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler. - player (n.)
One who plays any game. - player (n.)
A dramatic actor. - player (n.)
One who plays on an instrument of music. - player (n.)
A gamester; a gambler.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A person that plays a designated role in a film or play. -
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A person that plays games.
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