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Role Meaning & Definition
Role Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Role?

[n] the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
[n] normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting; "what is your role on the team?"
[n] what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
[n] an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Role: character | function | function | office | part | part | persona | purpose | theatrical role | use

Related Terms | Find terms related to Role:

See Also | activity | baddie | bit part | capacity | characterization | duty | enactment | gender role | hat | heavy | hero | heroine | ingenue | lieu | minor role | name part | personation | place | portfolio | portrayal | position | raison d'etre | second fiddle | stead | title role | usefulness | utility | villain

Role In Webster's Dictionary

\R[^o]le\, n. [F. See {Roll}.] A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the r[^o]le of philanthropist. {Title r[^o]le}, the part, or character, which gives the title to a play, as the part of Hamlet in the play of that name.

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