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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
sportsman
English
Etymology
sports +? -man.
Pronunciation
Noun
sportsman (plural sportsmen)
- (Britain) A man who engages in sports; a male athlete.
- (dated) A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
- At last extinguishing the fire, he took the idol up very unceremoniously, and bagged it again in his grego pocket as carelessly as if he were a sportsman bagging a dead woodcock.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
Derived terms
- sportsmanlike
- sportsman's bet
- sportsmanship
Related terms
- sportswoman
Translations
sportsman From the web:
- what sportsman can be referred to as an angler
- what sportsmanship means
- what sportsman earns the most
- what sportsman died today
- what sportsman is worth the most
- what sportsmanship means to me
- what sportsman is referred to as an angler
- what sportsman retired at 26
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