GAMBLER


Meaning of GAMBLER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ gæmblə(r) ]

( gamblers)

1.

A gambler is someone who gambles regularly, for example in card games or horse racing.

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2.

If you describe someone as a gambler , you mean that they are ready to take risks in order to gain advantages or success.

He had never been afraid of failure: he was a gambler, ready to go off somewhere else and start all over again.

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