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Actor
//ˈak.tə(ɹ)// noun
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Noun
- 1 Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant. obsolete
- 2 a theatrical performer wordnet
- 3 Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian. obsolete
- 4 a person who acts and gets things done wordnet
- 5 Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
"A man may be principal in an offence in two degrees. A principal, in the first degree, is he that is the actor, or absolute perpetrator of the crime; and, in the second degree, he who is present, aiding, and abetting the fact to be done."
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- 6 A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
"Seems like everyone's an actor / Or they're an actor's best friend / I wonder what was wrong to begin with / That they should all have to pretend"
- 7 An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes. Ancient-Rome, obsolete
- 8 The subject performing the action of a verb.
- 9 The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English actour, from Anglo-Norman actor, Middle French actor, and their source, Latin āctor (“doer”), from agō (“to do”). Equivalent to act + -or. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄκτωρ (áktōr, “leader”), from ἄγω (ágō, “lead, carry, convey, bring”).
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