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gamester

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game·ster  (gmstr)
n.
One who plays games, especially a gambler.
gamester
Noun
a gambler
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And now, while they are climbing the pole in another part of the field, and muzzling in a flour-tub in another, the old farmer whose house, as has been said, overlooks the field, and who is master of the revels, gets up the steps on to the stage, and announces to all whom it may concern that a half-sovereign in money will be forthcoming to the old gamester who breaks most heads; to which the Squire and he have added a new hat.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
The reader will pardon a digression in which so invaluable a secret is communicated, since every gamester will agree how necessary it is to know exactly the play of another, in order to countermine him.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Never did gamester, whose whole fortune is staked on one cast of the die, experience the anguish which Edmond felt in his paroxysms of hope.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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