Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GAME'STER, n. [game, and Sax. steora, a director.]

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. Addison. It is as easy to be a scholar as a gamester. Harris.
2. One engaged at play. Bacon.
3. A merry, frolicksome person. [Not used.] Shak.
4. A prostitute. [Not in use.] Shak.