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Synonyms for gamester

one who bets

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Peter Gamester, chairman of trustees of the Lehman Brothers Pension Scheme, said: "Since the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008, the trustees have been striving to secure the pension benefits promised to members of the scheme.
A friend of mine has a old H&R 349 Gamester 16 gauge with an incomplete bolt.
Nathan Gamester, director of the Prosperity Index at the Legatum Institute in the UK, talked about prosperity, safety and well-being.
Ian Gamester, from Skelmersdale, made his film, MES, about Cath Gamester, who suffers from musical ear syndrome (MES).
upbraided or abused in disdainful language; for when lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner."
In my defence, however, I am not a 'gamester' and found the whole set up very off-putting, actually feeling rather dizzy when I got out of the "car" but I bet youngsters who spend a lot of time playing video games will do very well indeed, and, most importantly, it will teach them something about economical driving.
In this quotation from The Compleat Gamester (1674), Charles Cotton
1), was found in Brandon, FL (Hillsborough County) on 7 VIII 2003 by Gabrielle Gamester, a USDA/APHIS/PPQ inspector.
"Sleepless nights, corroding passions, and a neglect of business, accompanied with the intempered use of ardent spirits, soon plunge both the gamester and his family, into one common ruin," he writes.
The Citroen's sweeping curves and huge slash-cut flanks, insect-like carbon fibre rearview mirrors and multiple LED lights will set any red-blooded gamester's heart racing.
No matter: Barnes is the most companionable of tour guides, quipping and joshing, recounting family stories, citing nineteenth-century French writers, and asking would-you-rather questions like a parlor gamester.
Leadership Seacoast, a Portsmouth-based nonprofit organization that develops engaged leaders, has elected its 2008-2009 officers: board chair, Cheryl Lee Bozek, Wellness Strategies; vice chair, Scan Clancy, principal, Leverage Coaching & Consulting; secretary (reelected), Colby Gamester; and treasurer (reelected), Cindy Boyd, assistant executive director, United Way Greater Seacoast.
The volume tracks his literary output, his experiences as soldier, diplomat, his career as a wit and gamester in fashionable society his primarily satirical responses to the fads in love and poetry at court, and his intellectual and artistic involvements.