gracz
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Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish igracz, from Proto-Slavic *jьgračь. By surface analysis, grać + -acz. Sense 1 is due to the fact that music played by a musician (gracz) was often played while harvesting to increase moral and productivity, but as a result sometimes the harvesters would accidentally miss an ear.
Pronunciation
Noun
gracz m pers (female equivalent graczka)
- (sports, stock market) player (person who plays any social, sporting, or stock market game)
- (gaming, video games) gamer (person who plays any video game)
- Synonym: gamer
- cunning and skillful person
- (hunting) animal that deceives the dogs chasing it
Declension
Declension of gracz
Noun
gracz m inan
Related terms
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Further reading
- gracz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gracz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “gracz”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 6