actor
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actor
- /ˈæk.təː/ UK
- [ˈæk.tʰəː] UK
- /ˈæk.tɚ/ US
- [ˈæk.tʰɚ] ~ [ˈæk.tʰɹ̩] US
Sounds like acter · Rhymes with -æktə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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”).
noun actors · acter · actour
- Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.
- Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian.
- 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.
- 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
- An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
- The subject performing the action of a verb.
- The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
