"gamester" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gamester.wav Forms: gamesters [plural]
Etymology: Derived from game + -ster. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|game|ster}} game + -ster Head templates: {{en-noun}} gamester (plural gamesters)
  1. A person who plays games. Categories (topical): People, Prostitution Translations (person who plays games): играч (igrač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pelaaja (Finnish), მოთამაშე (motamaše) (Georgian), āleō [masculine] (Latin), aleator (Latin)
    Sense id: en-gamester-en-noun-tkP1LyT0 Disambiguation of People: 15 36 39 11 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 40 28 21 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ster, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 23 3 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ster: 62 27 5 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 26 4 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 24 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 22 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 58 27 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 58 27 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 60 24 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 72 21 4 2 Disambiguation of 'person who plays games': 78 14 3 4
  2. (video games, nonstandard) One who plays video games. Tags: nonstandard Categories (topical): Video games, People Synonyms (one who plays video games): gamer
    Sense id: en-gamester-en-noun-O63uvJw0 Disambiguation of People: 15 36 39 11 Topics: video-games Disambiguation of 'one who plays video games': 14 76 4 6
  3. (gambling) A gambler. Categories (topical): Gambling, People
    Sense id: en-gamester-en-noun-N-d-Kunj Disambiguation of People: 15 36 39 11 Topics: gambling, games
  4. (obsolete) A prostitute; one who is on the game. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): People Synonyms (prostitute): prostitute
    Sense id: en-gamester-en-noun-QcoRq-lp Disambiguation of People: 15 36 39 11 Disambiguation of 'prostitute': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gamestress

Inflected forms

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