player

Definition

  • noun: a person who plays a sport or game
  • noun: one that 'plays'
  • synonyms: roscius, actor, actress

Examples

  • Even the movie's 'bit players' [=people who perform very small roles] are excellent.

  • The other people on the staff don't like him because he's not a 'team player'.

  • The band's lead guitar 'player' hurt his hand and couldn't play.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) with a spoon. All right, youse two, I want you at my party. What party? I'm losing my piano player. He's going off to fight the war. What war? The war with the Spanish. (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • (..) Let's just you and me play. Hit it. Bust. Yeah, you're a hell of a card player, fella. I know, 'cause I'm a hell of a card player, and I can't even spot how you're cheating. The money stays, (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid