billiard player
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- noun
- /ˈbɪljərd ˈpleɪər/
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jugador de billar
- Many aspiring billiard players practice every evening to improve their craft and compete at higher levels.
Examples
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She has always been a talented billiard player, impressing everyone with her skills during tournaments.
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Why, sure, I'm a billiard player Certainly mighty proud to say
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As a professional billiard player, he travels to different cities for competitions throughout the year.
Synonyms
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A person who hits balls with a cue on a pool table
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who plays billiards' is directly and compositionally derived from 'billiard' (connected with the game of billiards) + 'player' (an individual who competes or plays). This is a regular noun-noun/adjective + agent pattern common across languages and is immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Billiard player comes from the game billiards, an old indoor ball game where people use a stick to hit balls on a table. So a billiard player is simply a person who 'plays' that game.