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costar definition

co·star (kō′stär′; for v., usually kō′stär′)

noun

any featured actor or actress given equal prominence with another or others in a film, play, etc.

Etymology: co- + star

transitive verb, intransitive verb costarred -·starred′, costarring -·star′·ring

to present as or be a costar

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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