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Synonyms for actor

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ak-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæk tər

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Définition of actor

Origin :
  • late 14c., "an overseer, guardian, steward," from Latin actor "an agent or doer," also "theatrical player," from past participle stem of agere (see act (n.)). Mid-15c. as "a doer, maker," also "a plaintiff." Sense of "one who performs in plays" is 1580s, originally applied to both men and women.
  • noun person who performs, entertains by role-playing
Example sentences :
  • One common grave, according to Garrick, covers the actor and his art.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • It was all in his favour that he should have been forced at first to win his spurs as an actor.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Could anything be more dull than the life of an actor in a repertory theatre?
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • All these actor cheps know it, so of course 'e'd 'a' known abaht it, too.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Montigny had been an actor, and was plump and good-humoured.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • However that may be, it is certain that the actor is jealous of the actress.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • No French actor could have done it better than nature did it for him.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I thoroughly enjoyed this struggle between the man and the actor.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • He also went to the theater, although he thought it unworthy of a Roman to be an actor.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • Molire's training as an actor does affect the dramaturgic quality of his comedies.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

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