player

See also: Player

player - English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA: /ˈpleɪɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpleɪə(ɹ)/
  • Hyphenation: play‧er

Noun

player (plural players)

  1. One that plays
    1. One who plays any game or sport.
      • Synonym: (UK, 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.
  4. (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
    • Synonyms: see libertine

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