Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Player \Play"er\, n.
   1. One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious
      aims; an idler; a trifler. --Shak.

   2. One who plays any game.

   3. A dramatic actor. --Shak.

   4. One who plays on an instrument of music. ``A cunning
      player on a harp.'' --1 Sam. xvi. 16.

   5. A gamester; a gambler.

Source : WordNet®

player
     n 1: a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
          [syn: {participant}]
     2: someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
        [syn: {musician}, {instrumentalist}]
     3: a theatrical performer [syn: {actor}, {histrion}, {thespian},
         {role player}]
     4: an important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a
        major player in setting up the corporation"