Definitions for Player
ˈpleɪ ərplay·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. player, participantnoun

   a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

2. musician, instrumentalist, playernoun

   someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

3. actor, histrion, player, thespian, role playernoun

   a theatrical performer

4. playernoun

   a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously

5. playernoun

   an important participant (as in a business deal)

   "he was a major player in setting up the corporation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. playernoun

   One who plays any game or sport.

2. playernoun

   An actor in a dramatic play.

3. playernoun

   One who plays on a musical instrument.

4. playernoun

   One who is playful, given to games and other amusement; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

5. playernoun

   A gamer; a gamester.

6. playernoun

   A gambler.

7. playernoun

   A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.

8. playernoun

   An electronic device that plays various audio and video media, such as CD player.

9. playernoun

   A software application that plays various audio and video formats.

10. playeradjective

    of something that "plays" itself, like certain automated devices

11. Etymology: From playere, from plegere, equivalent to.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Playernoun

   Etymology: from play.

   1. One who plays.2. An idler; a lazy person.

   You’re pictures out of doors,
   Saints in your injuries, devils being offended,
   Players in your housewifery. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   3. Actor of dramatick scenes.

   Like players plac’d to fill a filthy stage,
   Where change of thoughts one fool to other shews,
   And all but jests, serve only sorrow’s rage. Philip Sidney.

   Certain pantomimi will represent the voices of players of interludes so to life, as you would think they were those players themselves. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   A player, if left of his auditory and their applause, would straight be out of heart. Francis Bacon.

   Thine be the laurel then, support the stage;
   Which so declines, that shortly we may see
   Players and plays reduc’d to second infancy. Dryden.

   His muse had starv’d, had not a piece unread,
   And by a player bought, supply’d her bread. Dryden.

   4. A mimick.

   Thus said the player god; and adding art
   Of voice and gesture, so perform’d his part,
   She thought, so like her love the shade appears,
   That Ceyx spake the words. Dryden.

   5. One who touches a musical instrument.

   Command thy servants to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on the harp. 1 Samuel xvi. 16.

   6. A gamester.7. One who acts in play in any certain manner.

   The snake bit him fast by the tongue, which therewith began so to rankle and swell, that, by the time he had knocked this foul player on the head, his mouth was scarce able to contain it. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Playernoun

   one who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler

2. Playernoun

   one who plays any game

3. Playernoun

   a dramatic actor

4. Playernoun

   one who plays on an instrument of music

5. Playernoun

   a gamester; a gambler

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Player

   Player is an American rock band that made their mark during the late 1970s. The group scored a few US Hot 100 hits, three of which went into the Top 40; two of those single releases went Top 10, including the No. 1 hit "Baby Come Back", written by group members Peter Beckett and J.C. Crowley.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. playernoun

   Someone who is "true to the hood",(Keith Holley aKa "Keilo") ie. someone who never sold out. To Chuck, Flava and Griff... You're true players -- Ice-T (M.V.P.'s).

2. playernoun

   A kind of chicken, so a player is good at picking up rice.

3. playernoun

   "Players" is an adult magazine.

4. playernoun

   See pimp.

5. playernoun

   A form of con artist, whose "game" involves confidence schemes, usually perpetrated against the opposite sex, aimed at procuring sexual favor, material items, money or all three -- usually from multiple victims simultaneously.

6. playernoun

   Person from the game, loyal to the game.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. player

   A person who plays a sport.

   The players of football, hurling, australian rules football and other sports love to converse and share knowledge.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

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1. player

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PLAYER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Player is ranked #9033 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Player surname appeared 3,617 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Player.
   
   59.7% or 2,161 total occurrences were White.
   35.4% or 1,281 total occurrences were Black.
   2.1% or 76 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 73 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.4% or 16 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.2% or 10 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Performer
   • Person

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Player' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1832

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Player' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2425

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Player' in Nouns Frequency: #305

Anagrams for Player »

1. parley

2. pearly

3. replay

How to pronounce Player?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Player in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Player in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Player in a Sentence

1. Dan Evans:

   That wouldn't be the first time the higher-ranked player has had pull, but also, the tournament... would rather Roger be going through that match than me, so it's understandable.

2. Matt Olson:

   Freddie is obviously an amazing player, it's just not going to affect what I come here and do. I'm here to be Matt Olson. That's all I can really control.

3. Mason Rudolph:

   He has not reached out to me in any capacity, im happy to hear Myles out. If he wants to approach me, if he wants to talk, like I said, hes a great player. Theyre playing well as a defense.

4. Devin Booker:

   But I didn't see this many wins. I don't think on any team I've been on — coach or player — I've ever won this many games. I told the guys that — you have to relish it.

5. Fred Couples:

   I hope everything keeps going Tuesday and Wednesday and I'm sure he's going to tee it up Thursday, it's not shocking because he's the greatest player to ever play.

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