gamer
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- noun
- /ˈɡeɪmər/
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jugador de juegos de mesa
- Gamers spend the most on hardware, and the software is the beneficiary of the gamers.
- tabletop gamers
Examples
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But we do like to think of ourselves as hardcore gamers, very elite.
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You are a very experienced Games Workshop gamer, but that is what you are to me.
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I never met a female gamer really, you know, so many of them.
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He's just not really a gamer.
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But you guys are gamers to come and help us with bulbs.
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Besides, all us retro gamers love this stuff.
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The game also requires the gamer to solve riddles and puzzles to get to the next level.
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I have quite clearly surrounded myself with like-minded gamers and hobbyists.
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There are a lot of old adventure gamers who're clamoring for a return to The Longest Journey's universe.
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My friends and I enjoy hosting weekly board game nights because we are all avid gamers.
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A person who plays games for fun, sport, or money
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Etymology
Gamer comes from the word game, an old word for 'fun' or 'play', plus the ending -er, which means 'one who'. So a gamer is 'one who plays games', and in this sense it usually means someone who plays board games, card games, or tabletop role-playing games.