Definition of "gamester"

gamester

noun
plural gamesters
1. A person who plays games.
2. (video games, nonstandard) One who plays video games.
  Quotations
  Gamesters should know that Nintendo is considering a phone link that would allow players to compete via modem in nationwide competitions.
  1990, Popular Mechanics, volume 167, number 3, page 37
3. (gambling) A gambler.
  Quotations
  […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]
  1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 301
4. (obsolete) A prostitute; one who is on the game.
  Quotations
  She's impudent, my lord, / And was a common gamester to the camp.
  c. 1604–1605, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, act 5, scene 3, lines 187–188

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