horseplayer

noun

horseplayer

noun

Etymology From horse + player.

1

Gambling, Games A person who bets on horse races.

Trailing a field of talented horseplayers that day, he made a few shrewd picks to move ahead, then held on down the stretch to earn $50,000.2007 July 1, Vincent M. Mallozzi, “Handicapping the Handicappers”, in New York Times:

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