Actress

//ˈæk.tɹɪs// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female who performs on the stage or in films.

    "A while ago somewhere I don't know when / I was watchin' a movie with a friend / I fell in love with the actress / She was playin' a part that I could understand"

  2. 2
    a female actor wordnet
  3. 3
    A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense). archaic

    "My mental anguish, and the dreadful scenes in which I had been an actress, advanced the period of my labour."

Synonyms

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actoractorineactriceantagonistbad guybarnstormer

Example

More examples

"To my surprise, he got married to a very beautiful actress."

Etymology

From actor + -ess. Probably formed independently of Middle French actrice.

Related phrases

adult actressas the actress said to the bishopas the bishop said to the actresscharacter actresslive actressmattress actressplay-actresssaid the actress to the bishopsaid the bishop to the actresssupporting actressvoice actress

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