player

One that plays
One who plays any game or sport.

All the world's a ſtage, / And all the men and women, merely Players

c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii], page 194, column 1:

One that plays
(theater) An actor in a dramatic play.

One that plays
An actor in a dramatic play.

(music) One who plays on a musical instrument.

One that plays
One who plays on a musical instrument.

The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game.

2015, Angus Slater, “Prophecy, Pre-destination, and Free-form Gameplay: The Nerevarine Prophecy in Bethesda’s ‘Morrowind’”, in Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, volume 7, →DOI, page 175:

(gaming, video games) A gamer; a player of video games or similar.

But up to this time the application of the player mechanism had been confined to reed instruments, the piano manufacturers having successfully resisted the introduction of the player mechanism into the piano; but, in the meantime, the manufacturers of players had grown strong and the manufacturers were beginning to properly interpret the handwriting on the wall

1915, John McTammany, The Technical History of the Player:

A Technical Treatise on Piano Player Mechanism" contains detailed description of the various types of interior and exterior players, embracing manual, pneumatic, automatic, mechanical and electric

1909, William Braid White, Regulation and Repair of Piano and Player Mechanism, ..., page 179:

Electric players used either a four-lobe rotary pump belt-driven by an electric motor or a self-contained electric motor and ...

1970, Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume, Player piano: the history of the mechanical piano and how to repair it:

(historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.

Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?

(electronics) An electronic device that plays audio and/or video media.

(computing) A software application that plays audio and/or video media, such as a media player.

One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.

Decision realities research recognizes the occupational tribalism identified in occupational realities research, but goes further by paying attention to all the players – patients and lay caregivers included – who participate in negotiating care.

2011, Suzanne Shale, Moral Leadership in Medicine, page 239:

Another Bush — George W.’s brother Jeb — is likely to be a big player in the Republican Party’s future.

2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:

As the biggest rail player, Network Rail was usually held accountable for failings, but had no authority to change anything to solve the problems. The DfT had been given that authority in 2004 - but consistently ducked accountability.

2021 March 10, Nigel Harris, “It's time to get on with it!”, in RAIL, number 926, page 3:

A participant; one involved in something.

In this space we explored lesbian sadomasochism, met other S/M women who were serious players, had access to safe equipment and, through watching other women, learned new techniques.

1991 April 22, Wickie Stamps, “A Lesbian Looks At The GMSMA's 10ᵗʰ Anniversary Celebration”, in Gay Community News, page 11:

One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.

Thunder only happens when it’s rainin’ / Players only love you when they’re playin’ / Say women, they will come and they will go / When the rain washes you clean, you’ll know

1977, Stevie Nicks (lyrics and music), “Dreams”, in Rumours, performed by Fleetwood Mac, Warner Bros.:

(informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.

玩家

video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester

koneisto

mechanism that actuates a player piano or similar

From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.


player

O iRiver Spinn era um player de vídeo e áudio com estilo, do tamanho de um cartão de crédito, que tinha um display LCD de 3,3 polegadas.

2012, John E. Gamble, Arthur A. Thompson Jr., Fundamentos da Administração Estratégica - 2ed, AMGH Editora, →ISBN, page 242:

(Brazil, electronics) player (electronic device or software application that plays media)

O server da Hawkwind reconheceria os códigos desonestos e daria um belo de um kick no traseiro gordo do Esmagossauro, ou de qualquer player que ousasse ser desonesto na rede.

2013, Felipe Castilho, Ouro, Fogo e Megabytes, Gutenberg, →ISBN, page 80:

(video games) player (a person or artificial intelligence that competes in a video game)

Unadapted borrowing from English player.