gracz

== Polish == === Alternative forms === grac (Far Masovian, Kielce) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish igracz, from Proto-Slavic *jьgračь. By surface analysis, grać +‎ -acz. Noun 2 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 === Rhymes: -at͡ʂ Syllabification: gracz Homophone: Gracz === 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 (obsolete) player (one who plays an instrument; musician) ==== Declension ==== === Noun === gracz m inan (Kuyavia) ear of grain left accidentally unplucked ==== Related terms ==== === 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