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CARD PLAYER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("card player" is a kind of...):
participant; player (a person who participates in or is skilled at some game)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "card player"):
bridge player; hand (a card player in a game of bridge)
cardholder (a player who holds a card or cards in a card game)
card shark; card sharp; card sharper; cardsharp; cardsharper; sharper; sharpie; sharpy (a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games)
dealer (the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game)
elder hand; eldest hand (the card player on the dealer's left)
shuffler (the card player who shuffles the cards)
Instance hyponyms:
Culbertson; Ely Culbertson (United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955))
Edmond Hoyle; Hoyle (English writer on card games (1672-1769))
