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player

noun
/ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)/UK/ˈpleɪ.ɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.

  1. inherited from *plegārī✻
  2. inherited from pleġere — “player, athlete, wrestler”
  3. inherited from pleyer

Definitions

  1. One that plays.

    • He is an avid Minecraft player.

  2. One who is playful

    One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

  3. A participant

    A participant; one involved in something.

    • He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.
    • Another Bush — George W.’s brother Jeb — is likely to be a big player in the Republican Party’s future.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

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

      • 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

    2. A surname originating as an occupation for a sportsman.

The neighborhood

Derived

advantage player, back gammon player, badminton player, ball player, baseball player, basketball player, bass player, beach volleyball player, bit player, Blu-ray player, bugle player, bugle-player, cardplayer, cassette player, CD player, cello player, chalk player, chessplayer, chess player, coplayer, cosplayer, DVD player, field hockey player, five-tool player, five tool player, flute-player, football player, gameplayer, gamesplayer, garmon player, gridiron football player, guitar-player, handball player, harp-player, hockey player, horseplayer, interplayer, jazz player, long-player, long player · +64 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at player. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at player. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at player

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA