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Actor Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Actor? [n] [n] a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Actor: doer \| histrion \| player \| role player \| thespian \| worker Related Terms \| Find terms related to Actor: actress \| affecter \| agent \| antagonist \| antihero \| architect \| Artful Dodger \| author \| bad guy \| bamboozler \| barnstormer \| befuddler \| beguiler \| bit \| bit part \| Casanova \| cast \| character \| character actor \| character man \| character woman \| charmer \| child actor \| counterfeiter \| creator \| cue \| deceiver \| deluder \| diseur \| diseuse \| dissembler \| dissimulator \| dodger \| doer \| Don Juan \| double-dealer \| dramatizer \| duper \| enchanter \| entrancer \| executant \| executor \| executrix \| fabricator \| fake \| faker \| fat part \| feeder \| foil \| fooler \| forger \| fraud \| gay deceiver \| heavy \| hero \| heroine \| histrio \| histrion \| hoaxer \| hollow man \| hypnotizer \| impersonator \| ingenue \| jilt \| jilter \| joker \| jokester \| juvenile \| kidder \| lead \| lead role \| leading lady \| leading man \| leading woman \| leg-puller \| lines \| Machiavel \| Machiavelli \| Machiavellian \| mainstay \| maker \| man of straw \| mannerist \| matinee idol \| medium \| mesmerizer \| mime \| mimer \| mimic \| misleader \| monologist \| mover \| mummer \| operant \| operative \| operator \| pantomime \| pantomimist \| paper tiger \| part \| partaker \| participator \| party \| performer \| perpetrator \| person \| personage \| phony \| piece \| plagiarist \| plagiarizer \| playactor \| player \| practical joker \| practitioner \| pretender \| prime mover \| producer \| protagonist \| protean actor \| ragger \| reciter \| role \| role-player \| Roscius \| seducer \| sharer \| side \| soubrette \| spoofer \| stage performer \| stage player \| stooge \| straight man \| straight part \| straw man \| stroller \| strolling player \| subject \| supporter \| supporting character \| supporting role \| sustainer \| tease \| teaser \| theatrical \| thespian \| title role \| trouper \| upholder \| utility man \| villain \| walking part \| walk-on \| worker See Also \| actress \| Al Jolson \| Alec Guinness \| Allen \| Allen Stewart Konigsberg \| animator \| Anthony Hopkins \| Arthur John Gielgud \| Asa Yoelson \| Astaire \| ball of fire \| barnstormer \| Barrymore \| Bing Crosby \| Bogart \| Booth \| Burbage \| Burton \| busy bee \| Cagney \| Cary Grant \| character actor \| Chevalier \| Clark Gable \| comedian \| Cooper \| Coward \| Crosby \| David Garrick \| De Niro \| Dean \| demon \| Depardieu \| Douglas Elton Fairbanks \| Douglas Fairbanks \| Douglas Fairbanks Jr. \| Drew \| Dustin Hoffman \| eager beaver \| energiser \| energizer \| extra \| Fairbanks \| fireball \| Fonda \| Frank Cooper \| Fred Astaire \| Gable \| Garrick \| Gary Cooper \| Gerard Depardieu \| Gibson \| Gielgud \| go-getter \| Grant \| Granville-Barker \| Guinness \| ham \| ham actor \| Hanks \| Harley Granville-Barker \| Harrison \| Harry Lillis Crosby \| heavy \| Heming \| Hemminge \| Henry Fonda \| Herbert Blythe \| Hoffman \| Hopkins \| Howard \| human \| human dynamo \| Humphrey Bogart \| Humphrey DeForest Bogart \| individual \| ingenue \| James Byron Dean \| James Cagney \| James Dean \| Jimmy Cagney \| John Barrymore \| John Drew \| John Heming \| John Hemminge \| John Wilkes Booth \| Jolson \| Julius Ullman \| lead \| leading man \| Leslie Howard \| Leslie Howard Stainer \| Lionel Barrymore \| live wire \| man of action \| man of deeds \| Maurice Barrymore \| Maurice Chevalier \| Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson \| Mel Gibson \| mime \| mimer \| mortal \| mummer \| Noel Coward \| pantomimer \| pantomimist \| performer \| performing artist \| person \| plant \| playactor \| powerhouse \| principal \| Reginald Carey Harrison \| Rex Harrison \| Richard Burbage \| Richard Burton \| Robert De Niro \| scene-stealer \| sharpie \| sharpy \| Sir Alec Guinness \| Sir Anthony Hopkins \| Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins \| Sir John Gielgud \| Sir Noel Pierce Coward \| Sir Rex Harrison \| somebody \| someone \| soul \| spear carrier \| standby \| star \| supernumerary \| Thomas J. Hanks \| Tom Hanks \| tragedian \| trouper \| understudy \| upstager \| vitaliser \| vitalizer \| walk-on \| whiz-kid \| whizz-kid \| William Clark Gable \| Woody Allen Actor In Webster's Dictionary \Ac"tor\, n. [L. actor, fr. agere to act.] 1. One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer. 2. A theatrical performer; a stageplayer. After a well graced actor leaves the stage. --Shak. 3. (Law) (a) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes. --Jacobs. (b) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.

Actor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Actor?

[n]
[n] a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker"

Actor In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac"tor\, n. [L. actor, fr. agere to act.]
1. One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

2. A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.

         After a well graced actor leaves the stage. --Shak.

3. (Law)
   (a) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
       --Jacobs.
   (b) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.

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