player

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   someone who plays a musical instrument as a profession

   This band has some very experienced players.

2. 2
   noun

   an important participant, as in a business deal

   They were a major player in setting up the corporation.

3. 3
   noun

   One that plays.

   He is an avid Minecraft player.

4. 4
   noun

   A participant; one involved in something.

   He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.

5. 5
   noun

   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

6. 6
   noun

   a theatrical performer

7. 7
   noun

   a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

8. 8
   noun

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

Etymology

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