playern.1
/ˈpleɪə/, U.S. /ˈpleɪər/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun]
playerOE
player1440
sporter1531
gamester1562
sporteer1654
sportsman1699
matchmakera1704
sporter1742
sporting parson1757
gamesman1812
sport1873
sportsman1886
sportswoman1900
hearty1915
jockstrap1956
jock1963
jockstrapper1967
OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 49 Gimnosophista, nacodplegere.
2. Originally: †a reveller, a merrymaker (obsolete). Now more generally: a person engaged in recreation or amusement rather than work. rare after 16th cent.
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society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > one engaged in amusement or entertainment
player1340
dalliera1568
pastimer1608
recreationist1819
pleasure-seeker1825
pleasurer1833
the tired businessman1913
looner1969
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer
lurdanc1330
player1340
moochera1425
loon?c1450
lounger?a1513
idler1534
rest man1542
holiday-woman1548
baty bummill1568
bummill baty1568
friar-fly?1577
idol1579
lingerer1579
loll1582
idleby1589
shit-rags1598
blaitie bum1602
idle1635
Lollard1635
loiterer1684
saunterer1688
scobberlotchera1697
bumble1786
quisby1789
waffler1805
shoat1808
loafer1830
bummer1855
dead beat1863
bum1864
scowbanker1864
schnorrer1875
scowbank1881
ikey1906
layabout1932
lie-about1937
spine-basher1946
limer1964
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 69 (MED) Blasfemye..ys ydo..huanne me hit zayþ be tyene and be despit ase doþ þise playeres þet zuo uyleynliche tobrekeþ Iesu cristes body.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. xv. 17 I sat not in counseil of pleieres [L. ludentium] and gloriede.
c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 67 (MED) Neuere medlede I me wiþ pleiers; ne wiþ hem þat gon in a liȝt conscience was I neuere a partiner.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 404 Pleyare: þat alwey wyl pley, ludibundus, ludibunda.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Player at all games, pastymes, and sportes, ludio.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 115 You are Pictures out adores..Wildcats in your Kitchins..Players in your houswifery. View more context for this quotation
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Player, an idler; a lazy person.
1907 N.E.D. (at cited word) A player at farming.
1982 R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. 547 ‘Man the player’ in contrast to homo sapiens (‘Man the thinker’); term popularized by Johan Huizinga in his book Homo Ludens, (1954).
3. † a. A gambler; a person who plays cards, dice, etc., for money. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > player of games of chance
tavlereOE
playera1387
gamera1450
adventurer1474
gamester1549
come you seven1605
tableman1608
knight of the elbow1705
sitter1748
gambler1784
gamestress1828
playman1844
sport1856
spieler1859
punter1860
tiger-hunter1896
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 297 (MED) He was..coveytous of lordschippe and pleyere at þe dees [L. aleæ lusor].
c1390 (?c1350) St. Bernard 725 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 53 (MED) A monk ones he hedde wiþ him..A ribaut and a pleyer grete.
a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 3 Aleator, a tabyl pleyer.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton B iv b A player [at dice] demaunded of hym [sc. St Bernard] yf he wolde playe his hors ageynst his sowle.
1511 Churche of Yuell Men (Pynson) B vj Oft my players shall say, by the deth such one was a nimble player, for when he came to the play he had but .v.s. & wan .x.s.
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.viv Gardeners, and rake fetters; Players, purse cutters money baterers.
1620 Hist. Frier Rush sig. C4 I haue beene among players at the Dice and Cardes, and I haue caused them to sweare many great oathes.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Player..a gamester.
b. A person who takes part in a sport or game; one who is competent or skilful at a sport or game; (also) a person who represents a sports team or takes part in a sporting competition; a contestant. Frequently with modifying word.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun]
playerOE
player1440
sporter1531
gamester1562
sporteer1654
sportsman1699
matchmakera1704
sporter1742
sporting parson1757
gamesman1812
sport1873
sportsman1886
sportswoman1900
hearty1915
jockstrap1956
jock1963
jockstrapper1967
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > [noun] > player
player1440
gamester1562
gamestress1651
game-player1660
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 404 Pleyar at the bal, pililudius.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1932) III. l. 25121 (MED) Alle the meyne aȝens hym scholde dresse and jnto a corner drawen..whethir that pleyere wyl owþer non.
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1232 (MED) Well he shalbe taught As a pleyer [perh. at chess] shuld to drawe another draught.
1562 tr. Damiano da Odemira Pleasaunt Playe of Cheasts sig. Aiij The by standers (whiche commonlye see more then the plaiers).
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 180 Let us doe as Players at Tennis, be judged by all the lookers on.
1654 in Notes & Queries (1924) 147 325/1 Cricket players on ye Lord's day.
1752 Game at Cricket in New Universal Mag. Nov. 581/1 Though..the player is bowl'd out.
1771 Contempl. Man II. iii. ii. 177 He was a good Cricket Player—excell'd at the Game of Fives, and at Tennis few were able to hold a Racket against him.
1808 J. H. Sarratt Treat. Game of Chess I. 2 The player who gives odds has always the advantage of the move.
1867 Laws Football Rugby School (new ed.) 19 Any player obtaining a ball in a maul, must have it down as soon as possible.
1878 Let. in Bell's Life in London 9 Mar. 5/2 The England team..were a splendid lot of players individually, but to my idea they played very selfishly.
1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey ii. ix. 195 I've played bridge with him,..—snorting good player.
1963 J. Greaves Soccer vii. 73 If..another Spurs player is bringing the ball up..I move into a position ready to race through.
1999 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 5 Jan. 25/3 The Argentine World Cup player misjudged the bounce.
c. Sport (originally and chiefly Cricket). A professional (as opposed to an amateur). Usually opposed to gentleman (gentleman n. 3). Also figurative. Now chiefly historical.In cricket, the distinction between gentlemen and players was abolished in 1963.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > professional
player1793
professional1811
professor1819
pro1856
prof1951
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > professional player
player1793
professional1811
pro1856
1793 S. Britcher Compl. List Grand Matches Cricket 3 Six gentlemen and five players of Eaton, against six gentlemen and five players of Westminster.
1807 Hampshire Chron. 22 June The grand match..between six gentlemen and five players of Hampshire against six gentlemen and five players of England.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. xii. 233 ‘Try..cricket, for instance. The players generally beat the gentlemen, don't they?’ ‘Yes; but they are professionals.’
1884 James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Ann. i. iii. 29 The two matches between the Gentlemen and Players.
1895 Daily News 1 Aug. 6/2 England has generally the better of Scotland, both in the Amateur and Player [Golf] Championships.
1963 Times 1 Feb. 4/2 Now that the amateur has no place in representative cricket, M.C.C. have to find another match to replace Gentlemen v. Players.
1978 B. Levin in K. Gregory First Cuckoo 12 We are all, gentlemen and players alike, engaged in the business..of expressing our views to thousands, or even millions, of people who have not invited us to do so.
1987 E. R. Dexter in M. Marshall Gentlemen & Players p. xi As a batsman—and especially when playing for the Gentlemen—I knew I was up against the best challenge in the country because, throughout my career, there were only a few good amateur bowlers and the Players attack was as good as you'd find in any Test side.
1991 Catalyst (Rover Cars) 27/1 The Victorians gave to sport their particular imprint of courtesy—and class. Only a few years ago were we rid of the ‘Gentlemen and Players’ syndrome, a very British form of ‘apartheid’.
d. Originally U.S. A person or body that is involved and influential in an area or activity, esp. a company competing successfully in a market; (originally) spec. a speculator or dealer in the financial markets.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money-dealer > capitalist or financier
money-master1577
moneyed mana1593
financier1601
fooker1607
fowker1630
man of finance1701
moneyed interest1711
capitalist1774
fundlord1821
financialist1831
financian1840
financist1846
capitalizer1874
player1934
1934 J. T. Flynn Security Speculation i. i. 17 The players have no desire to own stocks; no notion of exercising any of the functions of ownership.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §563/1 Dealer; speculator,..player.
1963 Internat. Organization 17 ii. 415 In a multipolar system a lesser unit can become a major player if it plays the game well enough.
1977 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 14 Apr. 2/1 Is the speculator any less a ‘player’ because he sold at less frequent intervals than the few who almost lived in stockbroker's offices and bought and sold each hour of the working day?
1986 Economist 14 June 79/1 Other players include the Ford Motor Company, which owns a big thrift and has been talking about selling mortgages through car showrooms.
1990 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 28 Oct. iv. 27/1 One of the most powerful players in Hollywood by virtue of the ‘Star Wars’ trilogy.
2002 L. Purves Radio (2003) xix. 263 The BBC was evolving into a big player in the hawkish global television industry.
e. slang (originally and chiefly U.S., esp. in African-American usage). Also in form playa. A person (usually a man) admired for his or her success in sexual or romantic matters; a playboy; (hence more generally) a successful, respected, or influential person, (sometimes) esp. a pimp; a criminal.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun] > person > male
franion1571
Corinthian1575
colt1584
libertine1584
tit1601
night-sneaker1611
highboy1667
man of the town1671
town bull1709
gay deceiver1710
Lothario1756
playboy1829
gay dog1847
girlie-man1897
lizard1935
player1968
mack daddy1991
1968 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 3 ii. 37 Player, a man or woman who goes out with many members of the opposite sex.
1972 C. Milner & R. Milner (title) Black players: the secret world of black pimps.
1975 V. B. Miller Trade-off 8 He was a new player, and like most new players, pretty comfortable.
1976 in D. Wepman et al. Life 46 We were players, it's true.
1987 Newsweek 23 Mar. 61 What the brothers on the block call a player—a trafficker in anything the law disallows.
1998 Touch Aug. 59/2 She knows all about being a playa too—girlfriend fixed herself up good by kissing a different man from the audience every night.
2000 Rolling Stone 12 Oct. 89/2 The careful balance of street life and the high life, the gangsta and the playa.
2004 Daily Star (Nexis) 29 July 11 Sven Goran Eriksson is not an honourable man. He's a chancer, a player, a dodgy dealer.
4. A person who acts a character on the stage; a dramatic performer, an actor.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun]
playera1400
game-player1533
comedy player1550
stage-player1561
actor1566
histrion?1566
comediant1568
representer1579
stager1580
presentera1586
histrio1589
stageman1589
gamester1596
player-man1596
Roscius1600
stagerite1602
theaterian1602
comedian1603
scenic1612
representant1622
play-actor1633
parta1643
histrionic1647
representator1653
artist1714
mummer1773
actor-manager1826
Thespian1827
impersonator1830
personifier1835
player-manager1895
thesp1962
luvvie1988
a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 45 (MED) Riȝt as Pharao..dispiside God, so these myraclis pleyeris..scornen God.
1463–4 Rolls of Parl. V. 505/2 That..Pleyers in their Enterludes be not comprised in this Acte.
a1472 in J. J. Wilkinson Receipts & Expenses Bodmin Church (1875) 11 (MED) Item, of the player yn the Church Hay, William Mason, and his fellowis, v s.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. G.viij Counterfaityng plaiers of farces and mummeries.
1539 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. xii. 240 To ye quenes pleyers for pleyng before ye king this Cristemas..iiij li.
1569 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 132 A reward gevyn to Ser John' Beron plears.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 140 All the world's a stage, And all the men and women, meerely Players . View more context for this quotation
a1680 S. Charnock Wks. (1684) II. 831 A player is not a prince, because he acts the part of a prince.
1742 H. Walpole Let. 26 May in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 151 All the run is now after Garrick, a wine-merchant, who is turned player, at Goodman's-fields.
1789 W. Maclay Deb. Senate 44 The play was The School for Scandal... The house greatly crowded, and I thought the players acted well.
1868 A. Helps Realmah (1876) xvii. 475 Give me some good plays to go to, played by great players.
1885 Cent. Mag. Jan. 464 Some of the older players..are profoundly versed not only in theatrical knowledge, but in literature and art generally.
1937 J. Agate Diary 9 Aug. in Selective Ego (1976) 86 Later, managers of lesser calibre were engaged, the plays became steadily drearier, and the players more purposefully amateur.
1999 J. Burchill Married Alive v. 71 The room really did look like a stage, and the men and women in it truly players in some gerontophile farce from hell.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat
tumblera1340
tumbesterc1386
tumblesterc1386
playera1425
speeler1496
balancer?1518
petaurist1656
tumbling lass1687
balance-master1753
balance-mistress1801
jerry-come-tumble1823
acrobat1827
evolutionist1833
jerry-go-nimble1874
a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 17v Corclam [perh. read corculam], wommanes pleyer.
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 199 He maketh of thilke that pleyen with hem [sc. musical instruments]..hise principal pleyeres and hise special jogeloresses.
?a1500 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1911) 126 369 To mynstrelles and players thou evyst [read yevyst] golde largely.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 255/1 Player or goer upon a corde, batelleur.
6. A person who plays, or is able to play, a musical instrument. Frequently with modifying word.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > [noun]
player?c1450
sounder1591
instrumentist1609
twire-pipea1625
tweedle-dee1725
tweedle-dum1725
instrumental1798
instrumentalist1814
tudeler1814
?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 365 (MED) Kynge dauyd..ordend syngers and players in dyuers musical instrumentis to serue byfore god in þe temple.
1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 18 Ye pleyers at ye orgenys ij d.
1539 Bible (Great) 1 Sam. xvi. 16 A man, that is a connyng player with [Geneva vpon] an harpe.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 255 An artificiall dauncer, singer, & player on instruments.
1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 198 The singers and players of instruments.
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 353 The Singers went before, the players on instruments followed after, and among them were the damsels playing on timbrels. View more context for this quotation
1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor xxviii. 134 Some inferior ministers..the sacred herald, the incenser, the player on the flute.
1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 540 An exquisite harpsichord player.
1837 Encycl. Brit. XV. 615/1 The safest compass for ordinary players [of the serpent] is the two first of these octaves.
1847 J. J. Oswandel Notes Mexican War (1885) i. 53 Some of our men were amused by Mr. Kennedy, of Company D, who favored them with some beautiful airs on the accordeon. He is a good player as well as a singer.
1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 30/2 In pianoforte duets, Primo or 1mo is generally put over the right-hand page, and then means the part taken by the ‘treble’ player.
1922 I. Brown Nights & Days on Gypsy Trail iv. 86 Silverio asked the guitar player to strike up a Gypsy seguirya.
1994 Guitarist Sept. 27/2 A lot of players have dismantled their racks in favour of a..direct into the amp approach.
7. A metal attachment on a horse's bit (see quots. 1566, 1993). Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit > parts of
cannon?1561
cheek?1561
port?1561
player1566
upset mouth1566
rowel1590
mouth1607
upset1607
liberty1667
mouthpiece1728
top-roll1728
cheekpiece1864
branch1884
bit-maker1902
1566 T. Blundeville Arte of Rydynge (rev. ed.) iii. xxvii. f. 78v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe To the water cheine you may also put, if you wyl..litle flaps, or players, to make the byt the more pleasant, that the horse may haue some sauour and delyght therin.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Among riders the plate whereat the players that hang in the mids of a port are fastned.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 55 He shall haue Snaffles of all shapes..with small ringes in the midst, and sundrie sort of small players fastned to those ringes, which to a trauelling horse breeds pleasure.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Babillons, the players that hang to the port of a bitt.
1966 L. Taylor Bits viii. 69 On one specimen [of ancient Greek bits] we can see..six interlocking light rings. They evidently lay on the horse's tongue..for him to jangle. They served a purpose similar to that of the player toggles (sometimes called keys) on English mouthing bits.
1993 Equus July 36/2 Players—small, smooth, movable objects fixed on the mouthpiece with the intention that the horse will play with them with his tongue.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > head > antennae
player1747
1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants 5 Each Horn [of an Ant's Mouth] has several little Joints, by which means it plays to and fro with great facility... These Players are of particular Use to the Ants both in feeding themselves and also their Young.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > [noun] > ball as played
object ball1857
rover ball1863
player1868
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > ball > ball in specific position
object ball1857
quarter ball1857
spot1857
player1868
cue-ball1873
object white1904
1868 W. J. Whitmore Croquet Tactics 9 The term ‘player’ is borrowed from billiards in the game of pool, and means the ball which, after you have finished your break, will play on you.
1874 J. D. Heath Compl. Croquet-player 53 Do not play on the adversary's next player..more than can be avoided.
1900 H. C. Needham Croquet 41 The old bogey of the ‘player’ must be exorcised.
10. A record player. In later use also: a device for playing CDs, DVDs, digital audio files, etc.; (also) a computer program that plays these.CD player, DVD player, MP3 player, etc.: see first element.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun]
talking machine1844
recorder1867
phonograph1877
dictating machine1878
melograph1879
melodiographa1884
graphophone1886
photographophone1901
auxetophone1904
Dictaphone1906
telediphone1931
transcriber1931
wire recorder1934
sound truck1936
high fidelity1938
Soundscriber1946
player1948
rig1950
transcriptor1957
unit1966
sequencer1975
boom box1981
ghetto blaster1983
beat-box1985
society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > record-playing equipment
phonograph1877
gramophone1887
Victrola1905
record player1913
box1916
radio phonograph1922
phono1925
Panatrope1926
radio-gramophone1927
radiogram1929
hi-fi1938
player1948
music centre1956
lo-fi1957
stereogram1958
gram1959
mid-fi1960
stereo1964
unit audio1966
wind-up1975
1948 Mod. Plastics Mar. 84 (heading) Unique design of portable player, molded in phenolic, matches polystyrene record carrier.
1968 E. Trevor Place for Wicked i. 3 Alec said if music wasn't good enough to listen to without talking it wasn't worth putting on the player.
1988 Which? Apr. 186/1 Three players have a multiple disc holder.
2001 Premiere Mar. 29/1 The encryption code..protects DVDs from being copied or used on unlicensed players.
2014 Daily Star 25 Mar. 47 Connect your..MP3 player to play MP3s & recharge your player.
Compounds
C1.
a. General attributive.† player-chamber n. Obsolete
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1464–5 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) p. ccxcv Et solvit Johanni Andrewson et sociis suis operantibus pro nova tectura unius camerae vocatae le Playerchambre.
b. Appositive (in sense 4), as †player-devil, †player-girl, †player-man, etc.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun]
playera1400
game-player1533
comedy player1550
stage-player1561
actor1566
histrion?1566
comediant1568
representer1579
stager1580
presentera1586
histrio1589
stageman1589
gamester1596
player-man1596
Roscius1600
stagerite1602
theaterian1602
comedian1603
scenic1612
representant1622
play-actor1633
parta1643
histrionic1647
representator1653
artist1714
mummer1773
actor-manager1826
Thespian1827
impersonator1830
personifier1835
player-manager1895
thesp1962
luvvie1988
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actress
player-girl1596
actress1608
stageress1633
play-actress1818
playeress1830
impersonatrix1834
playgirl1854
impersonatress1871
actress-manageress1888
playwoman1889
actorine1892
1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie 40 They say likewise there is a Plaier Deuil, a handsome sonne of Mammons.
1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife ii. 17 She chid me just now for liking the Player Men.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 5 Miss Liddy had like to have run away with a player-man.
1837 W. H. Ainsworth Crichton I. 197 I can scarce comprehend how a player-girl like this can occasion him so much trouble.
1863 Harper's Mag. May 857/1 It is needless to add that the player-man looked elsewhere for counsel.
C2.
player-coach n. Sport a person who both plays for a team and coaches it.
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society > leisure > sport > training > [noun] > coach
trainer1807
coach1885
player-coach1932
player-trainer1956
personal trainer1993
1932 Times 6 Jan. 1/4 Lawn Tennis—a famous London Player-Coach has a Vacancy.
1948 Sporting Mirror 21 May 11/1 Bobby Baxter, former Scottish international and player-coach to Leith Ath., has been appointed team manager to the Edinburgh speedway team.
1990 Kalgoorlie (W. Austral.) Miner 7 Mar. 2/6 Former Derbyshire county cricketer and East Fremantle footballer Gavin Brown recently took over as the player-coach of the Ports Football Club.
player-hater n. (also playa-hata, playa-hater) U.S. slang (esp. in African-American usage) a person who is jealous of the success of others; cf. sense 3e.
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1993 Time 15 Nov. 82/1 Half a dozen armed friends keep Spice safe from ‘player-haters’, who he says try to bring down successful rappers.
1994 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 18 Sept. (‘Datebook’) 38 A lot of ‘playa’ haters don't want to see me rise... It's too late.
1998 Chicago Tribune 23 Mar. ii. 2/5 They all seemed to be addressing would-be ‘playa hatas’ with this entreaty, ‘Don't hate me because I'm rich.’
player-manager n. Sport a person who is both a player for and manager of a team or club.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun]
playera1400
game-player1533
comedy player1550
stage-player1561
actor1566
histrion?1566
comediant1568
representer1579
stager1580
presentera1586
histrio1589
stageman1589
gamester1596
player-man1596
Roscius1600
stagerite1602
theaterian1602
comedian1603
scenic1612
representant1622
play-actor1633
parta1643
histrionic1647
representator1653
artist1714
mummer1773
actor-manager1826
Thespian1827
impersonator1830
personifier1835
player-manager1895
thesp1962
luvvie1988
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > theatre manager
stage-keepera1586
actor-manager1826
actress-manageress1888
house manager1894
player-manager1895
intendant1958
1895 Evening Democrat (Warren, Pa.) 6 May He..could furnish a competent player-manager and all the men we needed.
1930 Times 10 Jan. 5/2 A. Cunningham, the Scottish international player, has been appointed player-manager of Newcastle United F.C.
1993 Sports Illustr. 13 Sept. 8/1 Daddy was the business manager, and Uncle George was the player-manager.
player-trainer n. Sport = player-coach n.
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society > leisure > sport > training > [noun] > coach
trainer1807
coach1885
player-coach1932
player-trainer1956
personal trainer1993
1956 People 13 May 13/6 I have had several offers to join clubs in Germany as player-coach or player-trainer.
1995 Irish Times (Nexis) 2 Dec. 18 ‘We've always played this Kerry, dream team kind of football,’ according to McGillycuddy's son Philip, the team's player trainer.
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Playern.2
/ˈpleɪə/, U.S. /ˈpleɪər/ A cigarette made by the John Player Company. Also in the genitive, used absol.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigarette > proprietary cigarettes
Abdulla1903
woodbine1907
Gauloise1920
Lucky1920
Player?1932
Gitane1933
1885 Trade Marks Jrnl. 9 Dec. 1196 Player's Rough & Ready Mixture... John Player,..Nottingham; manufacturer.
1889 Trade Marks Jrnl. 20 Mar. 285 Player... Manufactured tobacco, except snuff. The firm trading as John Player,..Nottingham, tobacco manufacturers.]
?1932 D. Thomas Let. (1985) 162 I've got a large Players, & my shoes are off.
1943 R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 29 ‘Why was that, Flight?’ the Corporal asked, taking a packet of Players from his pocket and selecting one. The Flight Sergeant reached over and helped himself. ‘In my days..corporals couldn't afford expensive fags like these.’
1977 R. Barnard Death on High C's xiii. 144 He..puffed his way through a third of his Player's.
1978 D. Bloodworth Crosstalk vii. 54 She..lit a Player with a book match.
2001 A. Shreve Last Time they Met 150 In Limuru, he bought a packet of Players at a duka and asked directions to the Ndigwa shamba.
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