Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person who plays any kind of game.

  2. A person who plays any kind of game.

    A person whose hobby is video games.

    Spieler, Spielerin, Gamer

    игро́кigrók, ге́ймерgéjmer, игрома́нigromán

    граве́цьhravécʹ, ге́ймерhéjmer, ґе́ймерgéjmer

  3. A person who games the system.

    Near-synonym: gamesman

  4. (obsolete)A gambler.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. It's hard playing with gamers who rage a lot.

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  2. My father and my mother are gamers, unusual right?

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  3. The gamers went hard core and gamed for 24 hours straight.

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  4. Your opinion about video gamers being blind to problems is debatable.

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  5. Gamers are not an oppressed minority.

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Translations

8 languages
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person who plays video games:
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Origin

From Middle English gamer, attested since before 1450 as a common noun and possibly since

From Middle English gamer, attested since before 1450 as a common noun and possibly since 1248 in the name of one Johannes le Gamer. Equivalent to game (noun) + -er (occupational suffix).

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