player
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players
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players
Britannica Dictionary definition of PLAYER
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1
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a person who plays a sport or game
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see also team player
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She's one of the team's best players.
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a star baseball player
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professional poker players
2
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a person who performs music usually on a particular instrument
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The band's lead guitar player hurt his hand and couldn't play.
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Piano players are called pianists.
3
:
a machine that causes recorded sounds or pictures to be heard or seen
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a record/DVD/CD player
4
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a person who participates in a usually competitive field or activity
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She is a key/major/top player in genetics research.
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one of the industry's inside players
5
old-fashioned
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an actor or actress
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a traveling band of players
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Even the movie's bit players [=people who perform very small roles] are excellent.
6
US slang
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a person and especially a man who has sexual relationships with more than one person at the same time
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That guy's a player.
