LARPer

noun

LARP·​er ˈlär-pər 

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

Examples of LARPer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Etymology

larp entry 2 + -er entry 2

First Known Use

1991, in the meaning defined above