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Definition of Gamester

1. n. A merry, frolicsome person.

Definition of Gamester

1. Noun. (gaming) A person who plays games. ¹

2. Noun. (gaming nonstandard) A gamer. ¹

3. Noun. (gambling) A gambler. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gamester

1. a gambler [n -S] - See also: gambler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamester

Literary usage of Gamester

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq: Interspersed with Characters and by Thomas Davies (1818)
"The gamester....The Brothers ....Creusa, and Boadicea. ... The gamester of Mr. Edward More was an honest attack upon one of the most alluring and most ..."

2. An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors to by John Hanbury Dwyer (1856)
"Of a gamester like me, who played for the improvement of his fortune, who played with ... The gamester would be the most pitiable, if he were not the most ..."

3. Diderot and the Encyclopædists by John Morley (1897)
"One English play had the honour of being translated by Diderot; this was The gamester, not The gamester of Shirley nor of Garrick, but of Edward Moore ..."

4. Nights at the Play: A View of the English Stage by Dutton Cook (1883)
"That it is a novelty of an exhilarating kind certainly cannot be said of it, however ; for " The gamester " has been long regarded, with considerable ..."

5. Researches Into the History of Playing Cards: With Illustrations of the by Samuel Weller Singer (1816)
"EXTRACTS FROM " THE COMPLETE gamester," (BY CHARLES COTTON, ESQ. ... This restless man (the miserable gamester) is the proper subject of every man's pity. ..."

6. Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq: Interspersed with Characters and by Thomas Davies (1818)
"The gamester....The Brothers ....Creusa, and Boadicea. ... The gamester of Mr. Edward More was an honest attack upon one of the most alluring and most ..."

7. An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors to by John Hanbury Dwyer (1856)
"Of a gamester like me, who played for the improvement of his fortune, who played with ... The gamester would be the most pitiable, if he were not the most ..."

8. Diderot and the Encyclopædists by John Morley (1897)
"One English play had the honour of being translated by Diderot; this was The gamester, not The gamester of Shirley nor of Garrick, but of Edward Moore ..."

9. Nights at the Play: A View of the English Stage by Dutton Cook (1883)
"That it is a novelty of an exhilarating kind certainly cannot be said of it, however ; for " The gamester " has been long regarded, with considerable ..."

10. Researches Into the History of Playing Cards: With Illustrations of the by Samuel Weller Singer (1816)
"EXTRACTS FROM " THE COMPLETE gamester," (BY CHARLES COTTON, ESQ. ... This restless man (the miserable gamester) is the proper subject of every man's pity. ..."

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