gamester
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
gamester (plural gamesters)
- A person who plays games.
- (video games, nonstandard) One who plays video games.
- 1990, Popular Mechanics, volume 167, number 3, page 37:
- Gamesters should know that Nintendo is considering a phone link that would allow players to compete via modem in nationwide competitions.
- (gambling) A gambler.
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 301:
- […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]
- (obsolete) A prostitute; one who is on the game.
- c. 1604–1605, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, act 5, scene 3, lines 187–188:
- She's impudent, my lord, / And was a common gamester to the camp.
Usage notes[edit]
Gamer is the term preferred by players of video games and tabletop role-playing games.
Synonyms[edit]
- (one who plays video games): gamer
- (prostitute): See Thesaurus:prostitute
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
person who plays games
one who plays video games — see gamer
gambler — see gambler