Meaning of player | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a sportsman.
2. One that plays.
3. gambler
4. One who plays any game or sport.
5. An actor in a dramatic play.
6. One who plays on a musical instrument.
7. A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
8. A gambler.
9. A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
   historical
10. An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
11. A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
12. One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
13. A participant; one involved in something.
14. One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
15. A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
    informal

Equivalents

Examples

“He is an avid Minecraft player.”

“The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game.”

“He is a player for the Australian team.”

“All the world's a ſtage, / And all the men and women, merely Players”

“But up to this time the application of the player mechanism had been confined to reed instruments, the piano manufacturers having successfully resisted the introduction of the player mechanism into the piano; but, in the meantime, the manufacturers of players had grown strong and the manufacturers were beginning to properly interpret the handwriting on the wall”

“A Technical Treatise on Piano Player Mechanism" contains detailed description of the various types of interior and exterior players, embracing manual, pneumatic, automatic, mechanical and electric”

“Electric players used either a four-lobe rotary pump belt-driven by an electric motor or a self-contained electric motor and ...”

“Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?”

“He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.”

“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.”

“Another Bush — George W.’s brother Jeb — is likely to be a big player in the Republican Party’s future.”

“As the biggest rail player, 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.”

“In this space we explored lesbian sadomasochism, met other S/M women who were serious players, had access to safe equipment and, through watching other women, learned new techniques.”

“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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