CARD PLAYER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("card player" is a kind of...):

participant; player (a person who participates in or is skilled at some game)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "card player"):

bridge player; hand (a card player in a game of bridge)

cardholder (a player who holds a card or cards in a card game)

card shark; card sharp; card sharper; cardsharp; cardsharper; sharper; sharpie; sharpy (a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games)

dealer (the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game)

elder hand; eldest hand (the card player on the dealer's left)

shuffler (the card player who shuffles the cards)

Instance hyponyms:

Culbertson; Ely Culbertson (United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955))

Edmond Hoyle; Hoyle (English writer on card games (1672-1769))