someone who plays the game of chess
a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
a theatrical performer
an important participant (as in a business deal)
a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
