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actor definition

ac·tor (ak′tər)

noun

  1. a person who does something or participates in something
  2. a person, often, specif., a man, who acts in plays, movies, etc.

Etymology: ME actour, a doer, steward, plaintiff < L actor, a doer, advocate < actus: see act

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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