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Player

One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

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Accompanist 76% connected

The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.

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Accordionist 76% connected

A player on the accordion.

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Actress 76% connected

A female actor or doer.

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Attendant 76% connected

Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.

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Attender 76% connected

One who, or that which, attends.

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Bagpiper 76% connected

One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.

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Bassoonist 76% connected

A performer on the bassoon.

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Bowler 76% connected

One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game.

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Bride 76% connected

A woman newly married, or about to be married.

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Bridegroom 76% connected

A man newly married, or just about to be married.

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Comedian 76% connected

An actor or player in comedy.

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Extra 76% connected

Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay.

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Fiddler 76% connected

One who plays on a fiddle or violin.

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Flautist 76% connected

A player on the flute; a flutist.

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Flutist 76% connected

A performer on the flute; a flautist.

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Gambist 76% connected

A performer upon the viola di gamba. See under Viola.

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Golfer 76% connected

One who plays golf.

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Groom 76% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Ham 76% connected

Home.

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Harmonizer 76% connected

One who harmonizes.

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Harper 76% connected

A player on the harp; a minstrel.

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Harpist 76% connected

A player on the harp; a harper.

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Heavy 76% connected

Having the heaves.

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Lead 76% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Lutanist 76% connected

A person that plays on the lute.

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Lutenist 76% connected

Same as Lutanist.

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Lutist 76% connected

One who plays on a lute.

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Masker 76% connected

One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade.

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Masquerader 76% connected

One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised.

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Meeter 76% connected

One who meets.

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Mime 76% connected

A kind of drama in which real persons and events were generally represented in a ridiculous manner.

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Mummer 76% connected

One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a buffon.

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Oboist 76% connected

A performer on the oboe.

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Organist 76% connected

One who plays on the organ.

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Pantomimist 76% connected

An actor in pantomime; also, a composer of pantomimes.

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Partaker 76% connected

One who partakes; a sharer; a participator.

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Pianist 76% connected

A performer, esp. a skilled performer, on the piano.

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Piper 76% connected

See Pepper.

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Plant 76% connected

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though c…

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Playmaker 76% connected

A playwright.

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Principal 76% connected

Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government…

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Rocker 76% connected

One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.

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Scorer 76% connected

One who, or that which, scores.

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Seed 76% connected

of Seed

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Server 76% connected

One who serves.

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Sharer 76% connected

One who shares; a participator; a partaker; also, a divider; a distributer.

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Shooter 76% connected

One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.

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Singer 76% connected

One who, or that which, singes.

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Soloist 76% connected

One who sings or plays a solo.

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Star 76% connected

One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.

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Stringer 76% connected

One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

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Supernumerary 76% connected

Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.

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Tragedian 76% connected

A writer of tragedy.

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Trumpeter 76% connected

One who sounds a trumpet.

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Understudy 76% connected

To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.

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Violinist 76% connected

A player on the violin.

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Violist 76% connected

A player on the viol.

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Violoncellist 76% connected

A player on the violoncello.

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Vocalist 76% connected

A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Associate 76% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Contestant 76% connected

One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Performer 76% connected

One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a…

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Play 74% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Play 74% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Synonym 6

Actor 92% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Histrion 92% connected

A player.

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Instrumentalist 92% connected

One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.

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Musician 92% connected

One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.

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Participant 92% connected

Sharing; participating; having a share of part.

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Thespian 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the Thespian art.

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