player

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: play‧er

Noun

player (plural players)

1. One that plays
   1. One who plays any game or sport.

      Synonym: (UK, Ireland dialectal) laker

   2. (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
   3. (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
   4. (gaming, video games) A gamer; a player of video games or similar.
   5. (gambling) A gambler.
   6. (historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
   7. (electronics) An electronic device that plays audio and/or video media.

      Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?

   8. (computing) A software application that plays audio and/or video media, such as a media player.
2. One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
3. A participant; one involved in something.

   He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.

   1. One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
4. (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:libertine

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• baller

Anagrams

• Rapley, parley, pearly, prelay, replay

Middle English

Noun

player

1. Alternative form of pleyer

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English player.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplej.eʁ/

Noun

player m (plural players)

1. (Brazil, electronics) player (electronic device or software application that plays media)

   Synonyms: tocador, leitor
2. (video games) player (a person or artificial intelligence that competes in a video game)

   Synonym: jogador