PLAYER


Meaning of PLAYER in English

/play"euhr/ , n.

1. a person or thing that plays.

2. a person who takes part or is skilled in some game or sport.

3. a person who plays parts on the stage; an actor.

4. a performer on a musical instrument.

5. Informal. a participant, as in a conference or business deal.

6. a sound- or image-reproducing machine: a record player; a cassette player; a videodisc player.

7. a gambler.

8. Slang. a person engaged in illicit or illegal activity, esp. a pimp.

9. a mechanical device by which a musical instrument, as a player piano, is played automatically.

[ bef. 1000; ME pleyer, OE plegere. See PLAY, -ER 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .