"photoplayer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: photoplayers [plural]
Etymology: photo + player or photoplay + -er Etymology templates: {{af|en|photo|player}} photo + player, {{af|en|photoplay|-er}} photoplay + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} photoplayer (plural photoplayers)
  1. (dated) A film actor. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-photoplayer-en-noun-4itWyy6E
  2. (historical, film) An orchestrion in the silent film era. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Film
    Sense id: en-photoplayer-en-noun-ZekNNBlx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 7 93 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: photoplay

Inflected forms

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