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Meanings of gambler in English

Spanish
apostador

Someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement.

apostador
Russian
профессиональный игрок
Catalan
jugador

Person who gambles, either professionally or recreationally.

Related terms
профессиональный игрок
Synonyms
Examples for "professional gambler"
Examples for "professional gambler"
1
He was a professional poker player, which essentially translated to professional gambler.
Here comes trouble
2
He plays for business, for keeps; he has become a professional gambler.
Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes
3
This man was not acting like any professional gambler that I knew.
The Oracle Glass
4
Back of it lay the chill implacability of the professional gambler.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
5
The end of the professional gambler is final loss and ruin.
Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes
Usage of gambler in English
1
Bert had said something about the way a gambler wants to lose.
The Hustler
2
You sell them to the rum-dealer and the dive-keeper and the gambler.
The Machine
3
The profits accrue to the gambler -the losses to the IMF.
After the Rain : how the West lost the East
4
Hindi melodrama with Abraham as a compulsive gambler in need of reform.
The Guardian
5
Tom looked forward to September with a gambler's hunger to get even.
Tommy's honor: the story of old tom morris and young tom morris,...
6
Tom Parker was a compulsive gambler and needed Elvis to keep working.
The Guardian
7
He also was a great racetrack enthusiast, so he was a gambler.
The Guardian
8
Jen felt there was irony behind the smooth words of the gambler.
Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 2.
9
I- Iknewhe'd left the States with a gambler after some trouble.
The maltese falcon
10
The gambler looked at him with the cool insolence that characterized him.
Man-Size
11
He became a real estate gambler and an architect, all in one.
His Second Wife
12
He is Berault, the gambler, the duellist, the bully; whom if you-
Under the Red Robe
13
The other players drew three cards each, and the gambler took one.
In a Steamer Chair, and Other Stories
14
For once at least the appeal of gambler to gambler should fail.
Gunman's Reckoning
15
The gambler would get the girl and the reward for West's destruction.
Man-Size
16
The count was a confirmed gambler and a thorough enemy of fortune.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
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Translations for gambler
Spanish
apostador
Catalan
jugador
Gambler through the time
Gambler across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common