Definition of player

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Player (n.) A gamester; a gambler.

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Backgammon :: Backgammon (n.) A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a board marked off into twenty-four spaces called points. Each player has fifteen pieces, or men, the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables..
Lacrosse :: Lacrosse (n.) A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a crosse. The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field..
Game :: Game (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest..
Musar :: Musar (n.) An itinerant player on the musette, an instrument formerly common in Europe..
Cornet :: Cornet (n.) A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
Ante :: Ante (n.) Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins..
Mask :: Mask (n.) A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask..
Single :: Single (n.) A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.
Cockshy :: Cockshy (n.) A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks..
Embouchure :: Embouchure (n.) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure..
Curler :: Curler (n.) A player at the game called curling.
Field :: Field (n.) That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.
Gladiator :: Gladiator (n.) Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement..
Pool :: Pool (n.) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table..
Faro :: Faro (n.) A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack..
Tutti :: Tutti (n. pl.) All; -- a direction for all the singers or players to perform together.
Double :: Double (n.) A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute.
Deal :: Deal (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack..
Bisque :: Bisque (n.) A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet..
Finesse :: Finesse (v. i.) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play..
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