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actresses

actresses is the plural of actress.

Meaning of actress

Noun

actress (plural actresses)

  1. A female who performs on the stage or in films.
    • A while ago somewhere I don't know when / I was watchin' a movie with a friend / I fell in love with the actress / She was playin' a part that I could understand1972, Neil Young, “A Man Needs a Maid”, in Harvest
  2. (archaic) A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).
    • My mental anguish, and the dreadful scenes in which I had been an actress, advanced the period of my labour.1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 290

Phrases with actresses

Questions about actresses

What is actresses the plural of?
Actresses is the plural of actress.

Words near actresses in the dictionary

  1. actosyringone
  2. actour
  3. actours
  4. actoxumab
  5. actress
  6. actresses
  7. actressy
  8. actrice
  9. actrices
  10. actrix
  11. actroid

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