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fan cast

verb

Etymology

From fan + cast.

  1. derived from chaste — “chaste”
  2. derived from castra — “fortification”
  3. compounded as fan cast — “fan + cast”

Definitions

  1. To mentally assign a real-life person to play the role of a fictional character, based on…

    To mentally assign a real-life person to play the role of a fictional character, based on one’s preferences as a fan.

    • I fan cast Andrew Garfield as Remus Lupin.

  2. A person who has been fan cast for some particular role.

    • Andrew Garfield is my fan cast of Remus Lupin.

The neighborhood

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