player
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
player/ˈpleɪə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a person taking part in a sport or game.
- 2 a person who is involved and influential in an activity.
- 3 a person who plays a musical instrument.
■ a device for playing compact discs, cassettes, etc.
- 4 an actor.
'player' also found in these Oxford entries:
abundance
- aggregate
- aleatory
- all-American
- ante
- back
- bagpipe
- ballhawk
- ballplayer
- banco
- bandleader
- batsman
- batter
- beatbox
- bench
- bid
- bisque
- black
- blind man's buff
- body-check
- book
- bookable
- boom box
- bot
- bowler
- break
- break point
- buck
- capot
- carbo-load
- cassette player
- casual water
- cello
- centre
- chamber music
- check
- class
- concertmaster
- crambo
- cup-tied
- curler
- deal
- dealer
- declarer
- deke
- designated hitter
- deuce
- develop
- discovered check
- dispossess
