pleyer

• pleyar, plaer, player, pleyere, plaier, pleiere, pleier, pleyare, playere

From Old English pleġere; equivalent to pleyen (“to play”) +‎ -er (“agentive suffix”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛi̯ər/

pleyer (plural pleyers)

1. One who makes entertainment for themselves:
   1. One who participates in a game or sport; a player.
   2. One who gambles or bets on a game.
   3. A participant in festivities or revelry.
2. One who provides entertainment (e.g. songs, dance, music):
   1. A performer or participant in a play or stage show.

• English: player
• Scots: player

• “pleiere (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.