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The definition of an actor is a person who does something, particularly someone who performs in a film or television show.
(noun)John Travolta and Johnny Deep are each an example of an actor.
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See actor in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a person who does something or participates in something
- a person, often, specif., a man, who acts in plays, movies, etc.
Origin: ME actour, a doer, steward, plaintiff < L actor, a doer, advocate < actus: see act
See actor in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A theatrical performer.
- One who takes part; a participant: “France, Britain . . . and any other external actors now involved . . . in the affairs of the continent” (Helen Kitchen).
- Law One, such as the manager of a business, who acts for another.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English actour, doer
Origin: , probably from Latin āctor
Origin: , from āctus
Origin: , past participle of agere, to drive, do; see ag- in Indo-European roots
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