actour

Noun

actor (plural actors)

1. (obsolete) Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.

   Synonyms:

   complainant, plaintiff

2. (obsolete) Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian.
3. 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.1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England^(https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWilliam_Blackstone%2C_Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England_(1st_ed%2C_1769%2C_vol_I...

   Synonyms:

   participant

4. 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 pretend1991, Ani DiFranco, “Anticipate”, in Not So Soft

   Synonyms:

   performer, player, doer

5. (Ancient-Rome, obsolete) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
6. The subject performing the action of a verb.

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