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mul·ti·play·er | \ ˌməl-tē-ˈplā-ər 
, -ˌtī- \
, -ˌtī- \Definition of multiplayer
: involving or intended for more than one player a multiplayer trade/deal in baseball a card game with solitaire and multiplayer rules often : involving or allowing simultaneous play by more than one player through a shared interface Since the multiplayer game World of Warcraft debuted in 2004, gamers have spent more than 50 billion hours guiding their role-playing avatars through its mythical virtual worlds. — Discover While both are meant for multiplayer combat, the AI in single-player mode can provide you with dangerously smart foes. — Newsweek Buy if: you want fast-paced multiplayer fun that's tense as heck. — Jimmy Donnellan
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The first known use of multiplayer was in 1936
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