Middle English Dictionary Entry
gāmer n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gāmer n. |
| Etymology | From gāme . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A player of games; a gamester; ?also, one who takes game unlawfully, a poacher.
Associated quotations
- (1248) Close R.Hen.III68 : Johannes le Gamer capti et in prisona.
- (a1450) Code Laws in Willmore Hist.Walsall167 : That who soevyr suffer eny dise-player, carder, tenys player, or other unliefull gamer, to use unlifull games in their house, to lese for ev[er]y suche defaute vi s. viii d.