From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics:Sport,Music,Theatreplayerplay‧er /ˈpleɪə $-ər/ ●●●S2W1 noun [countable]1DSPLAY A GAME OR SPORTsomeone who takes part in a game orsporta basketball player2IMPORTANTone of the important people, companies, countries etc that isinvolved in andinfluences a situation, especially one involvingcompetitiona major/dominant/key etc playera firm that is a dominant player on Wall Streetplayer in/ona key player in world affairs3 →a CD/record/video etc player4APMsomeone who plays amusicalinstrumenta guitar player5a man who hassexualrelationships with many different women6old-fashionedAPT anactor →key mover/player1Examples from the Corpusplayer•Wikerson is not as good aplayer as Phillips.•Macintosh computers come with aplayer that canhandle avariety of soundformats.•Kelleher was astarbasketballplayer in high school andcollege.•abassplayer•The fourbenchplayers Miami used played 57minutes, took nineshots andmissed seven of them.•He isrecognized as the world's greatestchessplayer.•The school has areputation for producingtop-classfootballplayers.•a game for fourplayers•I like chess, even though I'm not a very goodplayer.•Shesang "I'llFly Away, "accompanied by twoguitarplayers.•It's now the turn ofplayer number three.•You have adefender, you have anoffensiveplayer.•Simpson is atalentedsinger andpianoplayer.•Up to sixplayers can play this game on-line.•atennisplayer•One of theplayers had beeninjured, and had to leave thefield.•One of theplayers has beensent off the field.•On thepitch I hadnoticed that theplayers had become a little moretense.•The nextstep is to talk to theplayer.•It happened - whether byaccident ordesign Olivia didn't know-that she and the Nawab were the last twoplayers left.•Rodriguez wasvotedPlayer of the Year.a major/dominant/key etc player•Enron isexpected to bea major player in the newCalifornia market.•He had becomea key player in the New York real-estate gamecommunity, which is both tightlyknit andsecretive.•He was constantlyaware of thetightrope he was walking-beinga major player among theelite but not really one of them.•TheBank isa major player in thesterling money market,buying andsellingTreasurybills on adailybasis.•Themilitary isa key player in theconflict, but itsrole isunclear.•Theloss of sucha key player has to have anemotional effect.•ThePalatinate wasa major player in thewar which was both political andreligious withalignments changing asevents developed.From Longman Business Dictionaryplayerplay‧er /ˈpleɪə-ər/ noun [countable]COMMERCEone of the important people, companies etc involved in a particularindustry, market, situation etcplayer inHe is one of themajor players in the multimedia industry.The company is aworld player in telecommunications equipment. →gross player →market player →net player → see alsoteam player
