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gam·bler \-blə(r)\ noun (-s) Etymology: probably alteration of obsolete English gamner, gamener, from obsolete English gamen, v., to play (from Middle English gamenen, from Old English gamenian) + English -er; akin to Old Norse gamna to amuse; denominative from the root of Old English gamen game — more at game : one that gambles: as a. : one that habitually plays games of chance for money : gamester b. : one that for pay or other financial advantage provides the space and equipment needed to permit others to gamble c. : one that takes risks < if a publisher doesn't want to be a gambler, he shouldn't be a publisher — Publishers' Weekly > specifically : speculator < the … financial gamblers who now have all our livelihoods at their mercy — G.B.Shaw > |