/ˈɡeɪmɚ/, /ˈɡeɪmə/
OriginFrom game (adjective) + -er (comparative suffix).
- A person who plays any kind of game.
“[…] any dice-player, carder, tennis player, or other unlawful gamer.”
“These dice are the gamers' weapons […]”
- A person whose hobby is video games.
“That the Parliament congratulates the online gamer, Harry Brewis, who is known by the handle HBomberGuy, […]”
- A person who games the system.
“Near-synonym: gamesman”
“[…] the real "takers" in this country are commercial gamers of the system who are only in it to swipe a fast buck from the common trust.”
- obsoleteA gambler.
“The gamer is farther from restoration even than the drunkard, because what he does he does in the light of sobriety and reason.”
- comparative, form-ofcomparative form of game: more game
Formsgamers(plural)