gamer

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪmə(r)

Etymology 1

• Originated 1610–20. game (“noun”) +‎ -er (“agent suffix”)

Noun

gamer (plural gamers)

1. (video games, gaming) A person who plays video games.

Etymology 2

• game (“adjective”) +‎ -er (“former of comparatives”)

Adjective

gamer

1. comparative form of game: more game

References

• Gamer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “gamer” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “gamer” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Anagrams

• marge, Marge