A professional gambler or person who plays with dice professionally, especially in games of chance.
From dice + man. Medieval and ancient term for someone who made their living through gaming. Used in literature since medieval times.
Professional dicemen in Renaissance Europe were sometimes celebrities—but also heavily regulated because their skill at controlling dice made them suspected cheaters!
Historical term for a professional dice player or gambler, uses 'man' to default to males as the assumed practitioners of this profession.
Use 'dice player', 'gambler', or 'gaming professional' to avoid gendered language and reflect women's participation in gaming.
["dice player","gambler","gaming professional"]
Women have participated in gaming and gambling throughout history, though often erased from professional gaming narratives that defaulted to male practitioners.
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