spear carrier vs player

spear carrier and player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spear carrier	Yes	No	No	No
player	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, player is a hypernym of spear carrier; that is, player is a word with a broader meaning than spear carrier:

Other hypernyms of spear carrier include actor, histrion, role player, thespian.

spear carrier (noun)	player (noun)
a minor actor in crowd scenes	a theatrical performer
	a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
	someone who plays a music as a profession
	a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
	someone who takes part in an activity