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play-actor

play-actor noun: an actor who performs on stage, especially one who is part of an acting troupe.

Noun

play-actor (plural play-actors)

  1. An actor who performs on stage, especially one who is part of an acting troupe.
    • Suppose Bacon wrote the plays, and that there is no cipher in them ; suppose he threw them from him as " trifles " ; used them to eke out his small income by dividing the profits with the play-actor, Shakespeare, and thought no more about them, and cared nothing for them; and suppose they were...1892, The Arena - Volume 7, page 747
    • 'Sadly, the play-actor is running and hiding like a rabbit,' the man went on.2014, Douglas Hill, Torment, →ISBN

play-actor meaning in Tamil

play-actor in Tamil

நடிப்புப் பேர்வழி

Forms of play-actor

pluralplay-actors
alternative formplayactor

Questions about play-actor

What does play-actor mean?
Play-actor means an actor who performs on stage, especially one who is part of an acting troupe.
What is play-actor in Tamil?
Play-actor in Tamil is நடிப்புப் பேர்வழி. See Play-actor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is play-actor?
Play-actor is a noun.
What is the plural of play-actor?
The plural of play-actor is play-actors.

Words near play-actor in the dictionary

  1. play-acted
  2. play-acting
  3. play-actings
  4. play-action pass
  5. play-action passes
  6. play-actor
  7. play-actors
  8. play-actress
  9. play-actresses
  10. play-acts
  11. play-book

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