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English

Etymology

From #Latin|actor, (cognate: Ancient Greek άκτωρ (aktor) "leader", from άγω (agō) "to lead, carry, convey, bring").

Noun

  1. a person who performs in a theatrical play or film
  2. one who acts; a doer
  3. one who takes part in a situation
  4. An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
  5. One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
  6. (policy debate) One who enacts a certain policy action.
  7. The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).


Synonyms

  • (person who performs in a theatrical play or film): actress (female), performer, player
  • (one who acts): doer
  • (one who takes part): participant
  • (advocate in civil courts or cases):
  • (a plaintiff): complainant, plaintiff
  • (one who enacts a policy action)
  • (entity performing a role in use case analysis): role


Derived terms


Translations

  • Albanian: {{t+|sq|aktor|m|xs=Albanian}}, {{t+|sq|aktore|f|xs=Albanian}}
  • Bosnian: {{t-|bs|glumac|m}}, {{t-|bs|glumica|f}}
  • Croatian: {{t+|hr|glumac|m}}, {{t+|hr|glumica|f}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|herec|m}}
  • Estonian:
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|acteur|m}}, {{t+|fr|actrice|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Schauspieler|m}}, {{t+|de|Schauspielerin|f}}
  • Greek: ηθοποιός ,
  • Hebrew: שחקן (sakhqan) , שחקנית (sakhqanit)
  • Hungarian:
  • Icelandic: leikari (a man), leikkona (a woman)
  • Italian: {{t+|it|attore|m}}, {{t+|it|attrice|f}}
  • Japanese: 俳優 (haiyū); 役者 (yakusha)
  • Kashubian: teatrownik
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|acteur|m}}, {{t+|fr|actrice|f}}
  • Romanian:

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Latin

Etymology

Agent noun formed from actus|actus, perfect passive participle of agere|agere to do, + -or, agential ending

Noun

actor 3rd decl. (pl., actoris|actoris)

  1. doer
  2. actor#English|actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)


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Portuguese

Noun

actor

  1. actor#English|actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)


See also

actriz

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Romanian

Noun

{{ro-noun|gend=m|pl=actori|f=actriţă}}

  1. actor#English|actor


Declension

Category:ro:Occupations

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Spanish

Noun

{{es-noun-mf|mpl=actores|f=actriz|fpl=actrices}}

  1. actor#English|actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)


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Category:Occupations Category:es:Occupations

ar:actor de:actor et:actor el:actor es:actor eo:actor fa:actor fr:actor gl:actor io:actor id:actor ie:actor it:actor ku:actor hu:actor ja:actor pl:actor pt:actor ro:actor ru:actor fi:actor sv:actor ta:actor te:actor vi:actor tr:actor zh:actor

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Actor \Ac"tor\, n. [L. actor, fr. agere to act.]
1. One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
[1913 Webster]

2. A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
[1913 Webster]

After a well graced actor leaves the stage. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Law)
(a) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
--Jacobs.
(b) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet actor
n 1: a theatrical performer [syn: histrion, player, thespian,
role player]
2: 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" [syn: doer, worker]
Moby Dictionary
Artful Dodger , Casanova , Don Juan , Machiavel , Machiavelli ,
Machiavellian , Roscius , actress , affecter , agent , antagonist ,
antihero , architect , author , bad guy , bamboozler , barnstormer ,
befuddler , beguiler , bit , bit part , cast , character ,
character actor , character man , character woman , charmer ,
child actor , counterfeiter , creator , cue , deceiver , deluder ,
diseur , diseuse , dissembler , dissimulator , dodger , doer ,
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 , 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 , 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 , walk-on , walking part ,
worker


FOLDOC actor

1. In object-oriented programming, an object
which exists as a concurrent process.

2. In Chorus, the unit of resource
allocation.

(1994-11-08)


FOLDOC Actor

An object-oriented language for {Microsoft
Windows} written by Charles Duff of the Whitewater Group ca.
1986. It has Pascal/C-like syntax. Uses a
token-threaded interpreter. Early binding is an option.

["Actor Does More than Windows", E.R. Tello, Dr Dobb's J
13(1):114-125 (Jan 1988)].

(1994-11-08)


ACTOR, practice. 1. A plaintiff or complainant. 2. He on whom the burden of proof lies. In actions of replevin both parties are said to be actors. The proctor or advocate in the courts of the civil law, was called actor.
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