gambler
US/ˈɡæmblɚ/
gambler noun: one who plays at a game of chance, who gambles.
Noun
gambler (plural gamblers)
- One who plays at a game of chance, who gambles.
- Problem gamblers who have asked B.C. casinos to prevent them from placing bets should expect more rapid detection and greater consequences for breaching their agreement, provincial lottery officials say. The B.C. Lottery Corporation commissioned two independent studies that found its voluntary...2011 August 18, “Problem gambler crackdown coming to B.C. casinos”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2026
- One who takes significant risks.
gambler meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
gambler in Hindi
- one who plays at a game of chance
- जुआरी juārī, जुआबाज़ juābāz, फड़बाज़ phaṛbāz
gambler in Tamil
- சூதாடு, சூதாட்டம்
gambler in Urdu
- one who plays at a game of chance
- جُواری juārī, جُوا باز juā bāz, پَھڑ باز phaṛ bāz
gambler in Telugu
- a gambler
- కైరవుడు kairavuḍu
- gambler
- జూదరి jūdari, జూజకాడు jūjakāḍu
More languagesFewer languages
- gambler in Malayalam
- ചൂതുകളിക്കാരൻ
- gambler in Kannada
- ಆಟಿ
- gambler in Sanskrit
- कितव kitava
- gambler in Pashto
- قمارباز qemārbãz
- gambler in Tagalog
- sugarol
- gambler in Arabic
- مُقَامِر muqāmir, مُغَامِر muḡāmir
- gambler in Thai
- นักพนัน nák-pá-nan, ผู้เล่น pûu-lên, เลง leeng
- gambler in Vietnamese
- con bạc
- gambler in Myanmar
- ကစားသမား ka.ca:sa.ma:
Examples of gambler in a sentence
- If a gambler plays a fair game repeatedly, his payoff over time is a martingale.
- The gamblers cashed in their remaining chips at the end of the night.
- If a gambler repeatedly plays a game with negative expectation, his payoff over time is a supermartingale.
Forms of gambler
| plural | gamblers |
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Origin of gambler
From gamble + -er.
Words formed from gambler
Words that rhyme with gambler
Questions about gambler
- What does gambler mean?
- Gambler means one who plays at a game of chance, who gambles.
- What is gambler in Hindi?
- Gambler in Hindi is जुआरी (juārī), जुआबाज़ (juābāz), फड़बाज़ (phaṛbāz). See Gambler meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gambler?
- Gambler is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gambler?
- Gambler is pronounced /ˈɡæmblɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of gambler?
- The plural of gambler is gamblers.
Words near gambler in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gambler (page history and authors); gambler (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కైరవుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); gambler (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gambler (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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