Gambler
['gæmblə(r)] or ['gæmblɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events.
(noun.) someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement.
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Definition
(n.) One who gambles.
Editor: Vlad
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Gamester, blackleg.
Editor: Simon
Unserious Contents or Definition
From the Grk. gumnos, stripped to the skin. And the gambler's the one that does it.
Editor: Sallust
Examples
- And it's to this man's son--this scoundrel, gambler, swindler, murderer of a Rawdon Crawley, that Matilda leaves the bulk of her money. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He is one of the most dangerous men in England--a ruined gambler, an absolutely desperate villain, a man without heart or conscience. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He put down one over the fair shoulder of the little gambler before him, and they won. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Besides, he's such an infernal character--he's a gambler--he's a drunkard--he's a profligate in every way. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- One of them that I visited was in a Baptist church, the man with the wheel being in the pulpit, and the gamblers in the pews. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I am a warning to others, just as thieves and drunkards and gamblers are, she said in a low voice. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- New stakes were laid on the stone, and the gamblers proceeded as before. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I recommend the recent spectacle in New York where the most sensational raider of gambling houses has turned out to be in crooked alliance with the gamblers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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