Etymology

From arcade +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (occupation)#ARCADER.

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Noun

arcader (plural arcaders)Category:English lemmas#ARCADERCategory:English nouns#ARCADERCategory:English countable nouns#ARCADERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ARCADERCategory:Pages with entries#ARCADERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ARCADER

1. (informalCategory:English informal terms#ARCADER) One who plays arcade games.
   • 1983 August, Popular Mechanics, volume 160, number 2, page 88:

     The arcaders have it easy. All they need to do is drop a quarter into a machine to find out how good the latest shoot 'em up game really is. But for the home computer owner, it's another story.

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   • 1990, Compute: Volume 12, Issues 6-9:

     Bruce Lee Lives will take even advanced arcaders hours to complete. Software Toolworks' Troy Heere offers some hints not found in the manual to help you get through the game a little faster.

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   • 2010, Steven Levy, Hackers, page 414:

     Jerry Jewell was on the scene with Sirius' two most awesome arcaders. On-Line would arrive tomorrow. After the presentation, Jewell bragged to one of the competitors that one of his men might well be the world's best videogamer.

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