card player
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2.0
- noun
- /kɑrd ˈpleɪər/
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jugador de cartas
- As a professional card player, she travels to tournaments across the country.
- a good card player
- a professional card player
But like when I could properly shuffle like my Nan's a card player.
- But like when I could properly shuffle like my Nan's a card player.
Examples
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Larry, I understand you're a very good card player.
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Yeah, you're a hell of a card player, fella.
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Your boss is quite a card player, Mr. Kelly.
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But I am no card player.
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At the de Sale School, I was, by far, the best card player.
Fiction book (2001) -
"My father was a card player," he said.
Fiction book (2001) -
Well, you're one great card player, Mike.
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He's a good card player.
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You get a chance to talk with senior citizens, win door prizes, and meet pinochle card players.
Blog text (19) -
Mister Maverick here has aspirations toward someday being a card player.
Fiction book (1994)
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who plays card games' is directly and compositionally derived from 'card' (items used in card games) + 'player' (one who plays), following a regular English noun-noun compound pattern. This is a cross-linguistically common, predictable construction that a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand.
Etymology
Card player shows a simple picture: a person holding cards at a table and taking part in the game, so they are a player. So, card player means 'a person who plays card games', whether for fun or in competitions.