As with most idiomatic terms, there are probably a number of possible definitions. But, in general, a "player" is someone who is just playing with people's emotions, and not really interested in a serious or lasting relationship. In addition, the term often implies that the player is doing this deliberately and without any regard for the other person's feelings. Sometimes this is because the player is emotionally stunted and will do or say anything to get what he wants, being unable to comprehend how or why his actions might cause someone extreme heartache. Other times, the player knows exactly how much pain he's causing, and takes a perverse pleasure in knowing he's hurting someone. I've never heard the term used to refer to a woman, but I suppose it could be. RJTRIES: Thank you for supplying that the term can be used for men or women. However, please note that I didn't say it couldn't be, I merely commented that I'd never heard it. And I still haven't. Thus your reason for rating my answer poorly seems pretty specious.

It means the same as it means at sports "One who is skilled at his game" meaning, a player is a cheater who is experienced at cheating, a guy who can "play" more than one girl at the same time. Usually he only plays them for perks (money, sex, etc.) and does not actually have feelings for any of them, though when caught he will profess that he loved them all, or just one (the one with the most perks). Also can be, though less commonly, used to describe women.

A player is also defined more commonly in this day in age, as someone who cheats on their mate.

Folk who are into BDSM and other alternative lifestyles are often called "players", especially if they frequently arrange to meet other couples/singles in order to indulge their tastes in this.

The label, "player" is used so loosely now. A player is pretty much someone (male/female) who has no intention of being monogamous.

The term "player" means someone who can get inside your head and manipulate your emotions whilst remaining detached from it themselves. For example, a man meets a woman in a bar and asks her out so she gives him her phone number. As promised he called her the next day, arranging to meet up with her. The meeting went well and he began to tell her how much he liked her, making her feel like the relationship was going somewhere. Quickly she finds that she has fallen head over heels for this man. Then he begins to not return her phone calls, so she decides (after chasing him for a while) reluctantly to ignore him back and thus end the relationship. However, a couple of days later he calls her and asks her out again. He apologises for not returning her calls, says he's been busy etc and she thinks, well, why not give him another chance? This game goes on repeating itself for a bit longer, the woman getting more and more hooked on the ups and downs of this fake relationship, until the player has had all the fun he wants out of this woman. Then she begins to get responses to her texts asking her to leave him alone and he doesn't want to see her. In a short space of time she has met a man she believed was nice, fallen for him, been rejected and picked up again countless times, and then been made to feel that a.) she is stupid for thinking the relationship was going somewhere and b.) that she has made an idiot out of herself chasing him to return her calls etc. This is just an example, it has happened to me in the past and it is a nightmare. You don't get over it because you can't get rid of that feeling that you have made a fool out of yourself. Players don't care how you feel, they only care about themselves and they are adept at twisting things around to reflect badly on you so that you seem in the wrong and are made to feel foolish. If friends or relatives tell you that a man is a player then steer well clear. Remember, no matter how charming he may seem to begin with, it is the games that will break you down in the end and you won't get up again in a hurry!!!

A player is someone who only loves the other when he's playing the game and don't look back, think about or consider the other when the games over, which ever game that might be

A player is basically someone who loves and leaves and makes a lifestyle of it. Mainly men use it to make themselves sound "cool" around their slimy cohorts. Basically, this is not the type of person you want to spend time with. Women are not allowed to do this because if they do, they are called words I don't like to use here or anywhere else. It's a double standard I know but the world is full of double standards.

Male slut.