Warcrafter
Warcrafter noun: a player of the Warcraft franchise of video games.
Noun
Warcrafter (plural Warcrafters)
- A player of the Warcraft franchise of video games.
- Within a few weeks of its release, avid Warcrafters had uploaded dozens of home-brew scenarios, filling up the file areas of online services and bulletin boards. […] Warcraft II may be the current king of the scenario editing hill, but the battle is far from over.(Can we date this quote?), Computer Gaming World
- 734 Maps for Warcraft II, from newcomer Cybertooth Technology, offers exactly—wild guess here—734 new maps for map-starved Warcrafters, including hundreds designed specifically for multiplayer battle.1997 January, PC Games, pages 30–31
- A player of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.
- Choose from the classic Warcraft races and character types for your avatar, and then join thousands of other Warcrafters to investigate dungeons, huge cities, snowy mountains, magical forests and scorching deserts.2003 February, “World of Warcraft”, in Hyper, page 28
- To players, this equates to smooth, stable and secure Internet-based gameplay with thousands of other Warcrafters, simultaneously, in that communal orgy of ogre-slaying way of MMORPGs. World of Warcraft is undergoing extensive beta testing with retail launch scheduled for October.2004 September 3, The Palm Beach Post, volume 96, number 147, page 19
Examples of Warcrafter in a sentence
- This, many Warcrafters believed, was the beginning of the end.2010 April, Pavel Barter, “Are You Being Served?”, in PC Zone, page 16:
- Thankfully Blizzard have realised that this expansion is likely to draw in some Warcrafters who left the cause years ago, and also a fair load of newbies.2013 November 8, Matt Purslow, “World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor catapults all players to level 90, features Outland pre-fiery...
- As "Warcraft: The Beginning" hits theatres, Warcrafters here at CNET and GameSpot -- alongside the film's director, Duncan Jones -- share some of their favourite memories of the game.2016 June 3, Richard Trenholm, “Memories of Warcraft: Fans including Duncan Jones remember their WoW experiences”, in CNET, archived from...
- Warcrafters can join guilds and engage in epic battles to overcome various challenges.2022, David Seelow, quoting Gabor, Games as Transformative Experiences for Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness, and Deep Learning...
Synonyms of Warcrafter
Forms of Warcrafter
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Origin of Warcrafter
From Warcraft (“a franchise of video games”) + -er. Denoting World of Warcraft players, by ellipsis from Warcraft (“World of Warcraft”).
Phrases with Warcrafter
Questions about Warcrafter
- What does Warcrafter mean?
- Warcrafter means a player of the Warcraft franchise of video games.
- How do you use Warcrafter in a sentence?
- This, many Warcrafters believed, was the beginning of the end.
- What part of speech is Warcrafter?
- Warcrafter is a noun.
- What is the plural of Warcrafter?
- The plural of Warcrafter is Warcrafters.
Words near Warcrafter in the dictionary
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