player
see also: Player
Etymology
Player
Proper noun
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see also: Player
Etymology
From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere, equivalent to
player (plural players)
- One that plays
- One who plays any game or sport.
- Synonyms: laker
- Synonyms: laker
- (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act II, scene vii], page 194 ↗, column 1:
- All the world's a ſtage, / And all the men and women, merely Players
- (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
- (gaming, video games) A gamer; a player of video games or similar.
- (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.
- Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?
- (computing) A software application that plays audio and/or video media, such as a media player.
- One who plays any game or sport.
- 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.
- 2011, Suzanne Shale, Moral Leadership in Medicine, page 239:
- Decision realities research recognizes the occupational tribalism identified in occupational realities research, but goes further by paying attention to all the players – patients and lay caregivers included – who participate in negotiating care.
- One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
- (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:libertine
- French: joueur, joueuse
- German: Spieler, Spielerin
- Italian: giocatore
- Portuguese: jogador, jogadora
- Russian: игро́к
- Spanish: jugador, jugadora
- French: acteur, actrice, comédien, comédienne
- German: Schauspieler, Spieler (poetic)
- Italian: attore
- Portuguese: ator
- Russian: актёр
- Spanish: actor
- French: joueur, musicien, joueuse, musicienne
- German: Spieler
- Italian: strumentista, suonatore, suonatrice
- Portuguese: tocador, instrumentista
- Russian: музыка́нт
- Spanish: instrumentista
- German: Vorsetzer
- French: lecteur
- German: Spieler, Abspieler, Abspielgerät, Wiedergabegerät, Player
- Italian: lettore
- Portuguese: tocador, leitor, player
- Russian: пле́ер
- Spanish: reproductor, lector
- French: lecteur
- German: Player, Spieler
- Italian: riproduttore
- Portuguese: player, reprodutor
- Russian: прои́грыватель
- Spanish: reproductor
- French: fainéant, fainéante
- German: Spielkind
- Portuguese: brincalhão
- Russian: безде́льник
- German: Player, Akteur
- Italian: protagonista
- German: Aufreißer, Frauenheld, Draufgänger
- Spanish: golfo, golferas (colloquial), frescales (colloquial), bandarra (colloquial), mujeriego
Player
Proper noun
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