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actor

noun
/ˈæk.təː/UK/ˈæk.tɚ/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin āctus Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin āctorbor. Middle English actour English actor 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”).

  1. derived from āctor
  2. derived from actor
  3. derived from actor
  4. inherited from actour

Definitions

  1. Someone who institutes a legal suit

    Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.

  2. Someone acting on behalf of someone else

    Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian.

  3. Someone or something that takes part in some action

    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.
    • Never, my dear Bethel, did the most feverish dreams of fiction produce scenes more painful, or more terrific, than the real events to which I have been an actor, since the date of my last letter.
    • Mr. Clay had been too prominent an actor in public affairs to allow whig deception and misrepresentation a fair opportunity for successful action.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television

      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
      • Exactly. Marijuana is something we just all gradually decided is okay, like Mark Wahlberg as a serious actor. “You know what? Sure, I’ve decided I’m fine with that.”
      • "I'm an actress -- actor, as we have to say these days."

    2. An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.

    3. The subject performing the action of a verb.

    4. The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).

The neighborhood

Derived

actoress, actorfic, actorial, actorine, actorish, actorism, actorlike, actorly, actornaut, actorness, actor-proof, actorship, actorvist, actory, actroid, back actor, bad actor, character actor, child actor, coactor, crisis actor, interactor, live actor, method actor, nonactor, non-state actor, non state actor, nonstate actor, overactor, play-actor, self-actor, spect-actor, straight actor, supporting actor, threat actor, underactor, voice actor

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at actor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at actor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at actor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA