Gāme'ster, n.

noun

n. [Eng. game and the suffix ster, q. v.]

Sense 1. A merry, frolicsome person. [Obs.] Shak.

Sense 2. A person who plays at games; especially, one accustomed to play for money or other stake at cards, dice, billiards, and the like; a gambler; one skilled in games.

When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shak.

Sense 3. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obs.] Shak.