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player

/ˈpleɪə/PLAY-ur
/ˈpleɪɚ/PLAY-ur

Meaningone who plays

Common meaning: someone taking part in a game, sport or show

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishplega‘game or amusement’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishplaysource
  3. Englishplay‘engage in a game’
  4. Englishformed in English from playplayer‘someone taking part in a game, sport or show’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from play + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PLAY, p.449 · scan

Source words

  • plega Old English · source word “game or amusement”

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