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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishpleyer,playere, fromOld Englishpleġere(“player, athlete, wrestler”), fromProto-West Germanic*plegārī. Equivalent toplay +‎-er.

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player (pluralplayers)

  1. One that plays.
    1. One who plays any game or sport.
      Synonym:(UK, Ireland dialectal)laker
    2. (theater) Anactor in adramatic play.
    3. (music) One who plays on amusical instrument.
    4. (gaming, video games) Agamer; a player of video games or similar.
      • 2015, Angus Slater, “Prophecy, Pre-destination, and Free-form Gameplay: The Nerevarine Prophecy in Bethesda’s ‘Morrowind’”, inOnline: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet‎[1], volume 7,→DOI, page175:
        Theplayer is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness ofMorrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game.
    5. (gambling) Agambler.
    6. (historical) A mechanism thatactuates aplayer piano or other automatic musical instrument.
      • 1915, John McTammany,The Technical History of thePlayer:
        But up to this time the application of theplayer mechanism had been confined to reed instruments, the piano manufacturers having successfully resisted the introduction of theplayer mechanism into the piano; but, in the meantime, the manufacturers ofplayers had grown strong and the manufacturers were beginning to properly interpret the handwriting on the wall
      • 1909, William Braid White,Regulation and Repair of Piano and Player Mechanism, ...‎[2], page179:
        A Technical Treatise on Piano Player Mechanism" contains detailed description of the various types of interior and exteriorplayers, embracing manual, pneumatic, automatic, mechanical and electric
      • 1970, Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume,Player piano: the history of the mechanical piano and how to repair it‎[3]:
        Electricplayers used either a four-lobe rotary pump belt-driven by an electric motor or a self-contained electric motor and ...
    7. (electronics) An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
      Is your CDplayer broken, or is this one disc damaged?
    8. (computing) A software application that plays audio or video media, such as amedia player.
  2. One who isplayful; one without serious aims; anidler; atrifler.
  3. Aparticipant; one involved in something.
    He thought he could become aplayer, at least at the state level.
    • 2011, Suzanne Shale,Moral Leadership in Medicine, page239:
      Decision realities research recognizes the occupational tribalism identified in occupational realities research, but goes further by paying attention to all theplayers – patients and lay caregivers included – who participate in negotiating care.
    • 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, inNew York Times‎[4]:
      Another Bush — George W.’s brother Jeb — is likely to be a bigplayer in the Republican Party’s future.
    • 2021 March 10, Nigel Harris, “It's time to get on with it!”, inRAIL, number926, page 3:
      As the biggest railplayer, Network Rail was usually held accountable for failings, but had no authority to change anything to solve the problems. The DfT had been given that authority in 2004 - but consistently ducked accountability.
    1. One who participates in a particular type of sexualplay.
      • 1991 April 22, Wickie Stamps, “A Lesbian Looks At The GMSMA's 10th Anniversary Celebration”, inGay Community News, page11:
        In this space we explored lesbian sadomasochism, met other S/M women who were seriousplayers, had access to safe equipment and, through watching other women, learned new techniques.
  4. (informal) A person whoplays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:libertine
    • 1977,Stevie Nicks, “Dreams”, inRumours, performed byFleetwood Mac, 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

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Translations

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one who plays any game or sport
dramatic actor
one who plays a musical instrument
video games: gamer, gamester—see alsogamer,‎gamester
gambler—see alsogambler
mechanism that actuates a player piano or similar
electronic device
software application
one without serious aims
participant
person "playing the field"
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Middle English

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Noun

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player

  1. Alternative form ofpleyer

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishplayer.

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player m (pluralplayers)

  1. (Brazil, electronics)player(electronic device or software application that plays media)
    Synonyms:tocador,leitor
    • 2012, John E. Gamble, Arthur A. Thompson Jr.,Fundamentos da Administração Estratégica - 2ed, AMGH Editora,→ISBN,page242:
      O iRiver Spinn era umplayer de vídeo e áudio com estilo, do tamanho de um cartão de crédito, que tinha umdisplay LCD de 3,3 polegadas.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (video games)player(a person or artificial intelligence that competes in a video game)
    Synonym:jogador
    • 2013, Felipe Castilho,Ouro, Fogo e Megabytes, Gutenberg,→ISBN,page80:
      Oserver da Hawkwind reconheceria os códigos desonestos e daria um belo de umkick no traseiro gordo do Esmagossauro, ou de qualquerplayer que ousasse ser desonesto na rede.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
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