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Re: Meaning or derivation?
The origin proposed in the Dictionary of American Family Names can be found at http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=player. A similar etymology is given at http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/player.
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Reaney and Wilson, "English Surnames", have a William le Pleyer in Hertfordshire, 1296.
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