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back-cloth star

back-cloth star noun: an actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to draw more attention to himself.

Noun

back-cloth star (plural back-cloth stars)

  1. An actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to draw more attention to himself.

Forms of back-cloth star

pluralback-cloth stars

Questions about back-cloth star

What does back-cloth star mean?
Back-cloth star means an actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to draw more attention to himself.
What part of speech is back-cloth star?
Back-cloth star is a noun.
What is the plural of back-cloth star?
The plural of back-cloth star is back-cloth stars.

Words near back-cloth star in the dictionary

  1. back-class
  2. back-classed
  3. back-classes
  4. back-classing
  5. back-cloth
  6. back-cloth star
  7. back-cloth stars
  8. back-cloths
  9. back-comb
  10. back-combed
  11. back-combing

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