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Actor Person Noun ˈæktə(R ˈæktər Lead Play Main

Word3 actor
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈæktə(r)/ /ˈæktər/
Example
  • both lead actors (= the ones who play the main parts) are outstanding.
  • she is one of the country’s leading actors.
  • a stage/film/movie actor
  • a hollywood actor
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actor

(noun)/ˈæktə(r)/ /ˈæktər/
  1. a person who performs on the stage, on television or in films, especially as a profession
    • SEE ALSO actress
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/actress
    • Both lead actors (= the ones who play the main parts) are outstanding.
    • She is one of the country’s leading actors.
    • a stage/film/movie actor
    • a Hollywood actor
    • The movie starred a bunch of relatively unknown young actors.
  2. a person who plays a part, pretending by their behaviour to be a particular kind of person
    • I don't know if he really meant the things he said—he was always a good actor.
  3. a participant in an action or process
    • Employers are key actors within industrial relations.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English (originally denoting an agent or administrator): from Latin, ‘doer, actor’, from agere ‘do, act’. The theatre sense dates from the 16th cent.
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