gamester noun. ['geɪmstǝ] M16.
[from GAME noun + -STER.]
1. A gambler. arch. M16.

2. A player at any game. Also, an athlete. arch. L16.
b. A player at single stick or back-sword; a wrestler. dial. M19.

3. A merry, playful person. L16-E17.

4. A promiscuous person; a libertine, a whore. E-M17.

5. A keeper or owner of a game of swans. obsolete exc. Hist. L19.

■ gamestress noun (now rare or obsolete) a female gamester M17.

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