Editing Card player (section)

== Roles ==
Players may also be referred to by their roles as follows:
;{{anchor|Active player}}Active player: a player who receives cards in the current deal and is not sitting out temporarily because a) there are more players than the game is designed for, or b) they have withdrawn due to poor cards{{sfn|Phillips|1957|p=395}}
;{{anchor|adversary}}Adversary: an opponent (q.v.)
;{{anchor|captain}}Captain: in certain team games, the player who collects information from his teammate(s) and directs the tactics.
;{{anchor|cutter}}Cutter: the player whose is entitled to [[cut (cards)|cut]] the cards; usually the opposite side of the dealer to forehand (or eldest/elder hand).
;{{anchor|dealer}}Dealer: the person who distributes or [[Card game#Deal|deals]] the cards to players in a card game.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dealer ''Dealer''] at www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018</ref><ref>[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dealer ''Dealer''] at dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved 4 August 2018</ref>
;{{anchor|declarer}}Declarer: the highest bidder, who declares and then strives to make good the stated contract.<ref name=PG/>
;{{anchor|defender}}Defender: a player who plays against the declarer, usually with other defenders.
;{{anchor|King|king}}King: in games where there is one player more than the rules permit, players take turns at being 'king', usually dealing and then sitting out. A king may or may not score points with the other players. A common practice in German games, but also found in e.g. American [[six-bid solo]]. In [[Low German]] the King was also called a ''Stillsitter'', for example in [[Ombre]] whereby the fourth player, in turn, did not play but paid (or was paid).<ref>Schütze (1800), p. 100.</ref>

;{{anchor|opponent}}Opponent: a player of the opposing side; a defender (q.v); or any other player in a [[round game]].
;{{anchor|partner}}Partner: a player who plays co-operatively in a team and who shares the winnings or losses. Partnerships may be fixed for the whole session or vary from deal to deal.<ref name = PG/>
;{{anchor|pitcher}}Pitcher: in games like [[Phat (card game)|Phat]] and [[Pitch (card game)|Pitch]], a player who establishes trumps in leading to the first trick. 
;{{anchor|soloist}}Soloist: a player who plays a Solo game,<ref name=PG/> i.e. plays alone, as the declarer, against 2 or more other defenders.

In partnership games there may be a:
;{{anchor|declaring team|declaring side}}Declaring team or declaring side: the declarer's team or side
;{{anchor|defending team|defending side}}Defending team or defending side: the team or side opposing the declarer and declarer's partner