Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈɡeɪmɚ/
gamer (plural gamers)
- A person who plays any kind of game.
- 1422, Code of Laws of Walsall:
- […] any dice-player, carder, tennis player, or other unlawful gamer.
- 2002, Gary Alan Fine, Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds (page 93)
- These dice are the gamers' weapons […]
- 1422, Code of Laws of Walsall:
- A person whose hobby is video games.
- 2019, The Scottish Parliament, Motion S5M-15504
- quote en
- 2019, The Scottish Parliament, Motion S5M-15504
- A person who games the system.
- (obsolete) A gambler
- 1845 The Head Quarters, Volume III, Number 22 (December 19, 1845)
- The gamer is farther from restoration even than the drunkard, because what he does he does in the light of sobriety and reason.
- 1845 The Head Quarters, Volume III, Number 22 (December 19, 1845)
- French: joueur (de jeu vidéo)
- German: Spieler, Spielerin, Gamer
- Italian: videogiocatore, videogiocatrice
- Russian: игро́к
- comparative form of game
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