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play•er



Pronunciation: (plā'ur), [key]
—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.

Play•er



Pronunciation: (plā'ur), [key]
—n.
Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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