player

noun

1. a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

   noun.person

   Synonyms participant

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

   noun.person

   Synonyms instrumentalist musician

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. a theatrical performer

   noun.person

   Synonyms actor histrion role player thespian

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously

   noun.person

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. an important participant (as in a business deal)

   noun.person

   Examples

   He was a major player in setting up the corporation.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

   noun

   Source: webster1913