- a person or thing that plays.
- a person who takes part or is skilled in some game or sport.
- a person who plays parts on the stage; an actor.
- a performer on a musical instrument.
- a participant, as in a conference or business deal.
- a machine or piece of software that reproduces sound or images: a record player; a videodisc player; a digital media player.
- a gambler.
- a person engaged in illicit or illegal activity, especially a pimp.
- a mechanical device by which a musical instrument, as a player piano, is played automatically.
- South African golfer.
- a person who participates in or is skilled at some game or sport
- a person who plays a game or sport professionally
- a person who plays a musical instrument
- an actor
- a participant, esp a powerful one, in a particular field of activity
- See record player
- the playing mechanism in a Pianola
- Gary (ˈɡærɪ). born 1935, South African golfer: winner of nine major championships (1959–78), including the British Open (1959, 1968, 1974)
