actor

Definitions


[ˈaktə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television
(e.g: fans now recognize James more as an actor than as a singer)

- a participant in an action or process
(e.g: employers are key actors within industrial relations)


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Origin:
late Middle English (originally denoting an agent or administrator): from Latin, ‘doer, actor’, from agere ‘do, act’




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