player

IPA: pɫˈeɪɝ

One that plays
One who plays any game or sport.
(theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
(music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
(gaming, video games) A gamer; a player of video games or similar.
(gambling) A gambler.
(historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
(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.
A participant; one involved in something.
One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
(informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
A surname originating as an occupation for a sportsman.

Examples of "player" in Sentences

You are so right - the main player is the ripe tomato!
Much like Batman, the title player in "The Cape" isn't really super.
The pursuit by Sosa, a Latin player from the Dominican Republic, was entertaining but doomed, Bonds declared.
The main American player is Brian Linden, 47 years old, who came to China in 1984 and has been here most of the time since.
One year it's because a certain player didn't get chosen to start the game, the next year it's because another player is left off the roster altogether.
No word yet on which NFL player will try to pull this off, though noted soccer lover and self-professed soccer player� Chad Ochocinco seems like a prime candidate.
My only question here is, according to the rules of golf a player is allowed a maximum of 14 clubs in his bag, am I going to have to sacrifice my five wood to put this in?
The issue of whether the manager or the player is the better long-term asset centres on how much longer Ferguson plans to stay on and whether his influence will be exerted on the succession regime.
For all the anxiety over his hitting—the Examiner concluded that his “was the most prolonged slump for a name player in modern history”—Mays had for him a typical, which is to say brilliant, season.