player
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- Royaume-Uni//ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)//
- États-Unis//ˈpleɪ.ɚ//
One that plays. One who plays any game or sport.
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One that plays. One who plays any game or sport.
He is a player for the Australian team.
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One that plays. An actor in a dramatic play.
All the world's a ſtage, / And all the men and women, merely Players
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One that plays. One who plays on a musical instrument.
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One that plays. A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
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.
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One that plays. A gambler.
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historiqueOne that plays. A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
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 ...
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One that plays. An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?
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One that plays. A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
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One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
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A participant; one involved in something.
He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.
a major player in the direct banking sector
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.
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A participant; one involved in something. One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
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.
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familierA 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
Étymologie
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *plegō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *plegōn Old English plegian Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Old English pleġere Middle English pleyer English player From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.
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player · One that plays. One who plays any game or sport.
Player · A surname originating as an occupation for a sportsman.playful · Enjoying play; sportive; prone to playing frequently, in the…playground · A large open space for children to play in, usually having…