players
Syllables: play·ers/ˈpleɪəz//ˈpleɪɚz/
players is the plural of player.
Meaning of player
Noun
player (plural players)
- One who plays any game or sport.
- He is a player for the Australian team.
- Synonyms:
- laker
- An actor in a dramatic play.
- All the world's a ſtage, / And all the men and women, merely Playersc. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- One who plays on a musical instrument.
- A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
- He is an avid Minecraft player.
- A gambler.
- A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
- But up to this time the application of the player mechanism had been confined to reed instruments, the piano manufacturers having successfully resisted the introduction of the player mechanism into the piano; but, in the meantime, the manufacturers of players had grown strong and the manufacturers...1915, John McTammany, The Technical History of the Player
Proper noun capitalized: Players
Players
- plural of Player
Phrases with players
- CD players
- bit players
- DVD players
- ear players
- MP3 players
- MP4 players
- VCD players
- VHS players
- ball players
- bass players
- jazz players
- long players
38 more phrasesFewer phrases
- role players
- tape players
- team players
- bugle players
- cello players
- chalk players
- chess players
- Let's Players
- media players
- piano players
- rugby players
- hockey players
- record players
- soccer players
- squash players
- string players
- tennis players
- marquee players
- utility players
- baseball players
- cassette players
- football players
- handball players
- outfield players
- advantage players
- badminton players
- five tool players
- five-tool players
- ping pong players
- basketball players
- volleyball players
- back gammon players
- proposition players
- field hockey players
- table tennis players
- most valuable players
- radio cassette players
- gridiron football players
Questions about players
- What is players the plural of?
- Players is the plural of player.
- What part of speech is players?
- Players is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce players?
- Players is pronounced /ˈpleɪɚz/ (US).
Words near players in the dictionary
Source and license
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