Definitions for Player

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Player play·er

Spelling: [pley-er]

IPA: /ˈpleɪ ər/

Player is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in Player (aelpry).

Definitions for Player

noun

1. a person or thing that plays.
2. a person who takes part or is skilled in some game or sport.
3. a person who plays parts on the stage; an actor.
4. a performer on a musical instrument.
5. Informal. a participant, as in a conference or business deal.
6. a machine or piece of software that reproduces sound or images:
7. a gambler.
8. Slang. a person engaged in illicit or illegal activity, especially a pimp.
9. a mechanical device by which a musical instrument, as a player piano, is played automatically.
10. Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.

Origin of Player

before 1000; Middle English pleyer, Old English plegere. See play, -er¹

Examples for Player

The poet, the player, and all but the dancing-master and doctor, went on this errand.

It is not for the player, himself, to become a piece upon the board.

In my 12 seasons as an NFL player, no one ever accused me of not being black enough.

I marvel at the invention of the composer and the skill of the player, but there I cease.

The player—who may be left on the ground long after all games have been played out.

And that gets to the heart of what makes the game so incredible: By staying silent, it turns the player into the game master.

By setting no goals, the player must find their own purpose.

"I've often thought you might have been a player," said she contemptuously.

The player starts out with a fleet of three or four ships (depending on the machine), which he operates one at a time.

When NFL player Ray Rice beats his wife, the media is outraged and demands action.