Reenactor

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who reenacts.
  2. 2
    a person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier wordnet
  3. 3
    One who takes part in a historical reenactment.

    "So we stare instead at a long dining tables with their collections of silver and porcelain and wander through restored kitchens full of re-enactors doing things to whole pigs."

Synonyms

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recreationist

Example

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""Tom, aren't you a LARPer?" "No! I'm a World War II reenactor! Stop calling me that!""

Etymology

From reenact + -or.

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