1
: a player who is game
especially
: an athlete who relishes competition
2
: a person who plays games
especially
: a person who regularly plays computer or video games
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There’s no bigger group of gamers on the Blues’ roster than the team’s fourth line of Nathan Walker, Radek Faksa and Alexey Toropchenko.
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Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 3 May 2025
So far, the company has only released one trailer for GTA VI, which had gamers clamoring for more footage.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 May 2025
Both Until Dawn and The Quarry—along with Supermassive’s series of shorter anthology horror games, The Dark Pictures Anthology, which Fessenden and Reznick kicked off with Man of Medan (2018) —have gained the attention and enthusiasm of video gamers and cinephiles.
—Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Despite a frustrating script leak, the sequel’s main hook — a sudden and brutal execution that sees Abby beat Joel to death for murdering her father years before — destroyed gamers.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2025
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Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 3 May 2025
So far, the company has only released one trailer for GTA VI, which had gamers clamoring for more footage.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 May 2025
Both Until Dawn and The Quarry—along with Supermassive’s series of shorter anthology horror games, The Dark Pictures Anthology, which Fessenden and Reznick kicked off with Man of Medan (2018) —have gained the attention and enthusiasm of video gamers and cinephiles.
—Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Despite a frustrating script leak, the sequel’s main hook — a sudden and brutal execution that sees Abby beat Joel to death for murdering her father years before — destroyed gamers.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Gamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamer. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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gamer
noun
gam·er
ˈgā-mər 
1
: a person who plays games and especially video games
2
: a person who is game
especially
: an athlete who enjoys competition
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