Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that changes something: an inveterate changer of decor.
- n. A device that causes each of a series of audio or audiovisual recordings to be played automatically: a record changer; a compact disk changer.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who changes or alters the form of anything.
- n. One who is employed in changing and discounting money; a money-changer.
- n. One given to change; one who is inconstant or fickle.
- n. One who keeps a change-house.
Wiktionary
- n. Someone or something who changes things.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who changes or alters the form of anything.
- n. One who deals in or changes money.
- n. One apt to change; an inconstant person.
- n. an electronic device which changes one replaceable medium for another, such as a record changer, which can store several records and move each one automatically to the playing table; or a CD changer, whch can store multiple compact disks and move each one to the reading slot, in a sequence determined by the user.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention
- n. a person who changes something
Etymologies
- change + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I'm not sure why this thing not being a game changer is important: with the remaining number of primaries a big-margin victory in each of those primaries is of an extreme importance to Hillary, so it was the game changer in a way that it says loud and clear "Hillary, stop pretending that you can win.”
“Either way, we have to remember that, judging from what we have been told by the producers, the game-changer is going to represent a change to the KIND of story that is being told, and not merely the introduction of a new layer of conspiracy or whatever.”
“One can almost envision the coin changer on his belt.”
“The Helmsman wore an official Helms hat, a tie, and a shiny chrome coin changer on his belt.”
“As much fun as the voice changer is and it’s a blast the real fun is watching your little one becoming a character and using their imagination; that is priceless.”
“In the end, the real game-changer is this: traditional technical information providers finally have a new model to work from that’s both highly innovative and established.”
Wolfram Blog : 5,000 Demonstrations: The Time to Go Interactive Is Now
“Favreau says they are “exploring using similar techniques” to Avatar “n Iron Man 2 because “it is a game-changer from a production standpoint”.”
Jon Favreau on Why Iron Man 2 Won’t Shoot in IMAX and How Avatar Will Revolutionize Cinema | /Film
“Saturday's rally was "a potential game changer, which is why the government pulled out all the stops to prevent it from taking place," added Lim Teck Ghee, director of the Center for Policy Initiatives in Kuala Lumpur.”
“The National Election is largely lost barring a monsterous game changer, which is a long shot.”
“Okay, we thought that McCain had a slight upper hand tonight (though we also said it wasn't a game changer, which is basically another way of saying that McCain didn't do what he had to).”
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