GAMER
What does "GAMER" mean?
A person who plays video games or tabletop games, especially regularly and enthusiastically.
Meanings
- Someone who plays video games, often as a serious hobby. As a lifelong gamer, she'd finished the series three times over.
- A player of tabletop or role-playing games. The gamers met every Friday for another session of their long campaign.
- A person who plays gambling games. The casino floor was crowded with late-night gamers. formal
Did you know?
- 'Gamer' is far older than the console: it appears in English centuries before video games, originally meaning a gambler or a player of games of chance.
Word origin
From 'game' (Old English 'gamen', amusement, joy) plus the agent suffix '-er'; the video-game sense became dominant in the late 20th century.
Remember it
GAMER = GAME + R. Add the 'R' (the player) to the GAME and you get the one holding the controller.
A little poem
Three a.m., one more try-
the screen's blue patience never tires,
and neither, quite, do you.
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Wordplay
- A gamer walked into a bar, a library, and a dungeon. He survived all three - he'd grinded the levels.
What it teaches
Mastery looks like obsession from outside and like practice from within.
Quick facts
What does GAMER mean?
A person who plays video games or tabletop games, especially regularly and enthusiastically.
Is GAMER a valid word?
Yes — GAMER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GAMER?
GAMER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does GAMER come from?
From 'game' (Old English 'gamen', amusement, joy) plus the agent suffix '-er'; the video-game sense became dominant in the late 20th century.
What can GAMER teach us?
Mastery looks like obsession from outside and like practice from within.
How players do
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