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player

1

[ pley-er ]

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 machine or piece of software that reproduces sound or images: a videodisc player;

    a record player;

    a videodisc player;

    a digital media 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.


Player

2

[ pley-er ]

noun

  1. Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.

Player

1

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. PlayerGary1935MSouth AfricanSPORT AND GAMES: golfer Gary (ˈɡærɪ). born 1935, South African golfer: winner of nine major championships (1959–78), including the British Open (1959, 1968, 1974)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

player

2

/ ˈɪə /

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. the playing mechanism in a Pianola
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dzܲt·e noun
  • ԴDz·İ noun
  • -İ noun
  • p·e noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of player1

before 1000; Middle English pleyer, Old English plegere. See play, -er 1
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The former Chelsea and Wolfsburg player has stacked his trophy cabinet by winning all there is to win at City - an impressive haul of 16 trophies.

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Both players refused to budge on serve - each saving one break point - before heading to a tie-break.

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It was a Black New Orleans band with horns and background singers and a violin player — not Juilliard violin but like a janky New Orleans violin.

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In the Clippers’ 111-105 victory over the Denver Nuggets at Intuit Dome, Harden looked nothing like the player with a reputation for stinking up arenas at this stage of the season.

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Tiger Woods, one of the five other players to complete the Grand Slam, had a simple but very cool message for McIlroy.

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