Role Definition

rōl
roles
noun
roles
A part, or character, that an actor plays in a performance.
Webster's New World
The part assumed by a participant in role-playing or in a role-playing game.
Webster's New World
The characteristic and expected social behavior of an individual.
American Heritage Medicine
A function or position.
American Heritage
A function or office assumed by someone.
An advisory role.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Role

Noun

Singular:
role
Plural:
rles, roles

Origin of Role

  • French rôle from Old French rolle roll of parchment (on which an actor's part was written) from Latin rotula diminutive of rota wheel roll

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French rôle.

    From Wiktionary

Role Sentence Examples

  • The Giddon's had filled the role of family only to an extent.

  • Everyone here has a role to support our little community.

  • She'd thought her role more spiritual or symbolic.

  • The last role is played.

  • The World Wide Web will play an enormous role in ending war, on several levels.

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Words Starting With

RROROL

Words Ending With

ELEOLE

Unscrambles

role

Words Starting With R and Ending With E

Starts With R & Ends With EStarts With RO & Ends With EStarts With R & Ends With LE

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With R4 Letter Words Ending With E