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player
English
Etymology
From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English ple?ere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), equivalent to play +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ple??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ple??(?)/
- Rhymes: -e??(?)
- Hyphenation: play?er
Noun
player (plural players)
- One that plays
- One who plays any game or sport.
- (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
- (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
- (gaming, video games) A gamer; a gamester.
- (gambling) A gambler.
- (historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
- (electronics) An electronic device that plays audio and/or video media, such as CD player.
- (computing) A software application that plays audio and/or video media, such as media player.
- One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
- A participant; one involved in something.
- He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.
- (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
- 1977 March 24, Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac, “Dreams”, Warner Bros.:
- Thunder only happens when it’s rainin’ / Players only love you when they’re playin’ / Say women, they will come and they will go / When the rain washes you clean, you’ll know
- 1977 March 24, Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac, “Dreams”, Warner Bros.:
Synonyms
- (one who plays; (game) participant; athlete): laker
- (one who plays the field): See Thesaurus:libertine
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- baller
Anagrams
- Rapley, parley, pearly, prelay, replay
Middle English
Noun
player
- Alternative form of pleyer
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English player.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?plej.e?/
Noun
player m (plural players)
- (Brazil) (electronics) player (electronic device or software application that plays media)
- Synonyms: tocador, leitor
- (video games) player (a person or artificial intelligence that competes in a video game)
- Synonym: jogador
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:player.
player From the web:
- what player has the most rings
- what player is the movie safety about
- what player is all american based on
- what players are out for the steelers
- what players opted out for the patriots
- what player leads the nfl in turnovers
- what players did the lakers get
- what players are out for ohio state
multiplay
English
Etymology
multi- +? play
Adjective
multiplay (not comparable)
- Describing a CD player (or similar) that can be preloaded with a stack of CDs
- (video games) multiplayer
Noun
multiplay (uncountable)
- (video games) The ability of more than one player to participate in a game at the same time (especially by means of a network).
- 2008, Jesse Schell, The art of game design (page 93)
- The team has never done networked multiplay for a racing game. We aren't completely sure we can do it.
- 2008, Jesse Schell, The art of game design (page 93)
Hyponyms
- netplay
multiplay From the web:
- what multiplayer games are cross platform
- what multiplayer packs do i need
- what multiplayer game should i play
- what multiplayer games are on the oculus quest 2
- what multiplayer games to play
- what multiplayer games are on the switch
- what multiplayer modes are in cold war
- what multiplayer games are coming out in 2021
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