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gamer

[gey-mer] / ˈgeɪ mər /
NOUN
video game player
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Laughing, he adds: “I’m a serious gamer, because there are a lot of people who say they are gamers, but they only play FIFA. I’m so happy you asked me about this.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

“If this new all-in-one chip can push a standard laptop past today’s top-tier gaming rigs, gamers will be rushing to buy it,” said Larry Xie, a 41-year-old veteran gamer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

As a first-year computer science student in Hanoi, Hoang Le started trading crypto from his university dorm room, egged on by his gamer friends who were making a killing.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

When I first started playing “Dungeons & Dragons” as a tween, my friends christened me with a new good-natured nickname: gamer geek.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

That’s when the gamer kid closer to me—I think his name is Jackson?— speaks up.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell