Noah Webster
Gamester
GA'MESTER, noun
1. A person addicted to gaming; one who is accustomed to play for money or other stake, at cards, dice, billiards and the like; a gambler; one skilled in games.
It is as easy to be a scholar as a gamester
2. One engaged at play.
3. A merry, frolicsome person. [Not used.]
4. A prostitute. [Not in use.]