1) player 2) gambler

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• Player — Play er, n. 1. One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. One who plays any game. [1913 Webster] 3. A dramatic actor. Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. One who plays on an instrument of music. A …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• player — [plā′ər] n. 1. a person who plays a game [a football player] 2. a performer in a drama; actor 3. a person who plays a musical instrument 4. a gambler 5. a person or group regarded as a chief or legitimate participant in some competitive activity …   English World dictionary

• Gambler's ruin — The basic meaning of gambler s ruin is a gambler s loss of the last of his bank of gambling money and consequent inability to continue gambling. In probability theory, the term sometimes refers to the fact that a gambler will almost certainly go… …   Wikipedia

• Gambler's fallacy — The Gambler s fallacy, also known as the Monte Carlo fallacy (because its most famous example happened in a Monte Carlo Casino in 1913)[1], and also referred to as the fallacy of the maturity of chances, is the belief that if deviations from… …   Wikipedia

• player — Synonyms and related words: Roscius, actor, actress, adventurer, amateur athlete, antagonist, archer, artist, artiste, athlete, bad guy, ballplayer, barnstormer, baseballer, baseman, batter, battery, betting ring, bettor, blocking back,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• gambler — n. 1. Gamester, player, player for stakes. 2. Professional gambler, blackleg, cheating gamester, card sharper …   New dictionary of synonyms

• gambler — Synonyms and related words: adventurer, betting ring, bettor, boneshaker, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, compulsive gambler, crap shooter, gamester, hazarder, petty gambler, piker, player, plunger, punter, sharp, sharper, sharpie, speculator …   Moby Thesaurus

• player — /play euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that plays. 2. a person who takes part or is skilled in some game or sport. 3. a person who plays parts on the stage; an actor. 4. a performer on a musical instrument. 5. Informal. a participant, as in a… …   Universalium

• player — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. performer, actor, musician, instrumentalist; participant, competitor. See drama, music, artist. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who takes part in a game] Syn. member, athlete, sportsman, sportswoman,… …   English dictionary for students

• player — play·er || pleɪə(r) n. actor; sports player, athlete; one who plays a musical instrument; trifler, one who trifles, one who amuses himself; idler, lazy person, unproductive person; machine that reproduces sound or image (such as: cassette… …   English contemporary dictionary

• gambler — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gamester, player, speculator, bettor, plunger, backer, layer, sharper, cardsharp*, player for stakes, dicer, crapshooter, hazarder, adventurer, risk taker, operator, bookmaker, croupier, banker, numbers runner, sport*,… …   English dictionary for students