cosplayer

noun

cos·​play·​er ˈkäz-ˌplā-ər 

ˈkäs-

plural cosplayers

: someone who engages in cosplay

The costume artists, known as cosplayers … came from across the Bay Area to take on the identities of their favorite fictional characters for the San Francisco Anime and Cosplay Festival in Japantown.

—Kevin Schultz

Examples of cosplayer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

See photos of the cosplayers finding their community at Comic Con. —NPR, 4 Nov. 2025

Over 280,000 tickets were sold and 17,000 professionals, comic-book artists and creators participated and 30,000 cosplayers. —John Bleasdale, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025

The assault of a popular cosplayer at Twitch’s annual livestreaming convention has intensified concerns about seemingly lackluster safety protocols at TwitchCon. —Angela Yang, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025

Be a Hero, See a Hero For cosplayer Dominic Middleton from Memphis, Tennessee, the 1000-mile trip couldn’t have been better. —Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1998, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cosplayer

• assayer
• ballplayer
• betrayer
• bilayer
• bricklayer
• conveyer
• conveyor
• purveyor
• ratepayer
• soothsayer
• surveyor
• taxpayer