gamester (iou)

gamester noun. M16.
[from GAME noun + -STER.]
A gambler. arch. M16.
A player at any game. Also, an athlete. arch. L16.
b. A player at single stick or back-sword; a wrestler. dial. M19.
A merry, playful person. L16-E17.
A promiscuous person; a libertine, a whore. E-M17.
A keeper or owner of a game of swans. obsolete exc. Hist. L19.
gamestress noun (now rare or obsolete) a female gamester M17.