Definition of "gamester" []

• One who plays games, especially a gambler. (noun)

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• "When Shakuni, the son of Subala, and the mighty Uluka, called the gamester's son, that hero at the head of his forces, have been slain, what can it be but destiny?"
• "'Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsocial man, an unprofitable man."
• "Far more intense than the passion of the gamester was the frantic yet sublime desire that mastered the breast of Glyndon."