card player

/kɑrd ˌpleɪər/

Other forms: card players

Definitions of card player

1. noun

   someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games
   examples:

   Ely Culbertson

   United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955)

   Edmond Hoyle

   English writer on card games (1672-1769)

   types:

   bridge player, hand

   a card player in a game of bridge

   cardholder

   a player who holds a card or cards in a card game

   card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy

   a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games

   dealer

   the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game

   elder hand, eldest hand

   the card player on the dealer's left

   shuffler

   the card player who shuffles the cards

   bidder

   someone who makes a bid at cards

   bridge partner

   one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game

   contractor, declarer

   the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps

   type of:

   participant, player

   a person who participates in or is skilled at some game