gamester (plural gamesters)
A person who plays games.
(video games, nonstandard) One who plays video games.
(gambling) A gambler.
(obsolete) A prostitute; one who is on the game.
Gamer is the term preferred by players of video games and tabletop role-playing games.
• (one who plays video games): gamer
• (prostitute): See prostitute
• gas meter, meagrest
Source: Wiktionary
Game"ster, n. Etym: [Game + -ster.]
1. A merry, frolicsome person. [Obs.] Shak.
2. A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games. When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shak.
3. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 January 2025
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
