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role player

role player noun: a player who is not one of the best players on the team, but still makes a meaningful contribution. Also the alternative form of roleplayer.

Noun

role player (plural role players)

  1. A player who is not one of the best players on the team, but still makes a meaningful contribution.
    • The Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat because their team had solid role players like J.J. Barea and Shawn Marion.
  2. One of the ten classifications of necrophilia based on the increasing severity of the disorder as defined by the American forensic psychologist Anil Aggrawal (Class I).

Also used as

role player is also the alternative form of roleplayer.

Forms of role player

pluralrole players

Questions about role player

What does role player mean?
Role player means a player who is not one of the best players on the team, but still makes a meaningful contribution.
What part of speech is role player?
Role player is a noun.
What is the plural of role player?
The plural of role player is role players.

Words near role player in the dictionary

  1. role conflicts
  2. role model
  3. role models
  4. role play
  5. role played
  6. role player
  7. role players
  8. role playing
  9. role playing game
  10. role playing games
  11. role playings

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