Nonactor

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who is not an actor

    "I spent a couple of months all by myself building a set and had my filmmaker friends, nonactors, play the parts."

Example

More examples

"I spent a couple of months all by myself building a set and had my filmmaker friends, nonactors, play the parts."

Etymology

From non- + actor.

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