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player
has definitions from the fields of performing arts,music,games
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[ noun ] (games) a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
Synonyms Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Hansen , who slugged the 1960 Oriole high of 22 homers and drove_in 86 runs on a .255 freshman average , completes the Birds ' spring squad at 49 players . (The Dallas Morning News,...)`` We 're just real happy for the players '' , Coach Bill_Meek said of the 9 - 7 victory over the Air_Force_Academy . Assistant coach John_Cudmore described victory as `` a good feeling , I think , on the part of the coaches and the players . The game players saw the Air_Force film Monday , ran for 30_minutes , then went in , while the reserves scrimmaged for 45 minutes . (The New York Times,...)Philadelphia permitted him to seek a better connection after he had refused to reconsider his decision to end his career as a player . |
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[ noun ] (music,performing arts) someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
Synonyms Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Since it requires only five players , it would seem to fall_into the category of chamber_music - yet it calls_for a double_bass , an instrument generally regarded_as symphonic . Artur_Schnabel was one of the greatest Schubert-Beethoven-Mozart players of_all_time , and any commentary of his on this repertory is valuable . (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)The boy 's fingers and mouth operated with the skilled unity of a bagpipe player , pressing and pulling , delighting in what he did . Related terms performer soloist pianist singer violinist jazz_musician flutist piper trumpeter organist guitarist bassoonist harpist rocker sitar_player percussionist keyboardist violist saxophonist recorder_player harpsichordist bell_ringer accompanist trombonist koto_player cellist carillonneur lutist harmoniser rhythm_and_blues_musician oboist accordionist bassist hornist clarinetist vibist bandsman musical_organization |
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[ noun ] (performing arts) a theatrical performer
Synonyms Used in print (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)The drama in the theater and the concert in the hall both have a fixed time , but the time is fixed by the director and the players , the conductor and the instrumentalists , subject , therefore , to much variation , as record collectors well know . Related terms performer actress star leading_man mime plant walk-on comedian ham barnstormer barrymore supernumerary howard burton bing_crosby Bogart drew upstager allen astaire heavy barrymore barrymore booth burbage ingenue buster_keaton chevalier cagney jack_lemmon alfred_lunt dean de_niro depardieu o'toole douglas_elton_fairbanks douglas_fairbanks_jr. fonda clark_gable david_garrick gibson arthur_john_gielgud cary_grant scene-stealer alec_guinness hanks harrison heming dustin_hoffman anthony_hopkins harold_clayton_lloyd al_jolson boris_karloff edmund_kean cooper eugene_curran_kelly charles_laughton bruce_lee laszlo_lowestein bela_ferenc_blasko coward understudy tragedian e._g._marshall martin james_mason mitchum dudley_moore newman baron_olivier_of_birghton character_actor poitier charles_robert_redford ralph_richardson edward_g._robinson george_c._scott peter_sellers francis_albert_sinatra otis_skinner konstantin_sergeevich_stanislavsky james_maitland_stewart erich_von_stroheim spencer_tracy sir_herbert_beerbohm_tree peter_alexander_ustinov duke_wayne george_orson_welles movie_actor granville-barker act act |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6020
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[ noun ] an important participant (as in a business deal)
Examples "he was a major player in setting up the corporation" Related terms |
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