LARPer

noun

LARP·​er ˈlär-pər How to pronounce LARPer (audio)
variants or less commonly larper
plural LARPers also larpers
: a person who participates in a live-action role-playing game : someone who LARPS
Every Saturday, rain or shine, a dozen or more LARPers get together to battle it out and live their fantasy for the day.Ricky Crisp
Another LARP enthusiast … explained they had been an avid LARPer for seven years.Eastern Daily Press (Norwich, England)
As a human, her costume, which larpers are completely responsible for updating on their own, is simple.Victor Ferreira

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Clint tasks Kate with asking his new LARPer friends for help recovering all of his trick arrows, which the NYPD confiscated after the car chase. Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1991, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of LARPer was in 1991

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“LARPer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LARPer. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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