a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

[ Syn: participant ]

someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

[ Syn: musician , instrumentalist ]

a theatrical performer

[ Syn: actor , histrion , thespian , role player ]

a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously

an important participant (as in a business deal); he was a major player in setting up the corporation'