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Meaning of PLAYER

Pronunciation:  'pleyur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  
  2. [n]  someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
  3. [n]  a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
  4. [n]  an important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a major player in setting up the corporation"
 
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 Synonyms: actor, histrion, instrumentalist, musician, participant, role player, thespian
 
 See Also: accompanist, accompanyist, actress, Al Jolson, Alec Guinness, Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg, Anthony Hopkins, Arthur John Gielgud, Asa Yoelson, Astaire, bagpiper, ballplayer, bandsman, barnstormer, Barrymore, baseball player, bassoonist, bell ringer, billiard player, Bing Crosby, Bogart, Booth, bowler, Burbage, Burton, Cagney, card player, carillonneur, Cary Grant, cellist, character actor, chess player, Chevalier, clarinetist, clarinettist, Clark Gable, comedian, contestant, Cooper, cornetist, Coward, Crosby, dart player, David Garrick, De Niro, Dean, Depardieu, Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Drew, Dustin Hoffman, extra, Fairbanks, fiddler, flautist, flute player, flutist, Fonda, football player, footballer, Frank Cooper, Fred Astaire, Gable, Garrick, Gary Cooper, Gerard Depardieu, Gibson, Gielgud, golf player, golfer, grandmaster, Grant, Granville-Barker, Guinness, guitar player, guitarist, ham, ham actor, Hanks, Harley Granville-Barker, harmoniser, harmonizer, harper, harpist, harpsichordist, Harrison, Harry Lillis Crosby, heavy, Heming, Hemminge, Henry Fonda, Herbert Blythe, hockey player, Hoffman, Hopkins, Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart, ice-hockey player, ingenue, James Byron Dean, James Cagney, James Dean, jazz musician, jazzman, Jimmy Cagney, John Barrymore, John Drew, John Heming, John Hemminge, John Wilkes Booth, Jolson, Julius Ullman, koto player, lacrosse player, lead, leading man, Leslie Howard, Leslie Howard Stainer, linksman, Lionel Barrymore, lutanist, lutenist, lutist, Maurice Barrymore, Maurice Chevalier, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Mel Gibson, mime, mimer, most valuable player, mummer, musical group, musical organisation, musical organization, MVP, Noel Coward, oboist, organist, pantomimer, pantomimist, percussionist, performer, performing artist, pianist, piano player, piper, plant, playactor, pool player, principal, recorder player, Reginald Carey Harrison, Rex Harrison, rhythm and blues musician, Richard Burbage, Richard Burton, Robert De Niro, rock 'n' roll musician, rocker, saxophonist, scene-stealer, scorer, seed, seeded player, server, shooter, singer, Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins, Sir John Gielgud, Sir Noel Pierce Coward, Sir Rex Harrison, sitar player, soccer player, soloist, spear carrier, standby, star, stringer, supernumerary, tennis player, Thomas J. Hanks, Tom Hanks, tragedian, trombone player, trombonist, trouper, trumpeter, understudy, upstager, violinist, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer, volleyball player, walk-on, William Clark Gable, Woody Allen

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Play"er\, n.
1. One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious
   aims; an idler; a trifler. --Shak.
2. One who plays any game.
3. A dramatic actor. --Shak.
4. One who plays on an instrument of music. ``A cunning
   player on a harp.'' --1 Sam. xvi. 16.
5. A gamester; a gambler.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: actor, actress, adventurer, amateur athlete, antagonist, archer, artist, artiste, athlete, bad guy, ballplayer, barnstormer, baseballer, baseman, batter, battery, betting ring, bettor, blocking back, boneshaker, bowman, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, carouser, catcher, center, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, coach, competitor, compulsive gambler, concert artist, contender, contestant, corrival, crap shooter, cricketer, cutup, defensive lineman, diseur, diseuse, dramatizer, emulator, end, entertainer, entrant, executant, feeder, foil, footballer, frisker, frolicker, funmaker, gambler, gamboler, games-player, gamester, guard, hazarder, heavy, histrio, histrion, impersonator, infielder, ingenue, instrumentalist, interpreter, jock, jumper, juvenile, lineman, maestro, matinee idol, merrymaker, mime, mimer, mimic, minstrel, minstrelsy, monologist, mummer, music maker, musician, offensive lineman, outfield, outfielder, pantomime, pantomimist, participant, performer, petty gambler, piker, playactor, playboy, pleasurer, pleasure-seeker, pleasurist, plunger, poloist, professional athlete, protean actor, pugilist, punter, quarterback, racer, reciter, reveler, rival, rollicker, Roscius, sharp, sharper, sharpie, skater, skylarker, soloist, soubrette, speculator, sport, sporting man, sportsman, sportswoman, stage performer, stage player, stooge, straight man, stroller, strolling player, tackle, tailback, the field, theatrical, thespian, tinhorn, tipster, tout, toxophilite, trouper, tunester, utility man, venturer, vier, villain, virtuosa, virtuoso, wagerer, wingback, wrestler
 

 

 

 

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