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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Actor \Ac"tor\, noun [L. actor, fr. agere to act.]
1. One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
2. A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
After a well graced actor leaves the stage. --Shak.
3. (Law) (a) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes. --Jacobs. (b) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
actor
noun
1: a theatrical performer [syn: {histrion}, {player}, {thespian}, {role player}]
2: a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker" [syn: {doer}, {worker}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
155 Moby Thesaurus words for "actor": Artful Dodger, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, Roscius, actress, affecter, agent, antagonist, antihero, architect, author, bad guy, bamboozler, barnstormer, befuddler, beguiler, bit, bit part, cast, character, character actor, character man, character woman, charmer, child actor, counterfeiter, creator, cue, deceiver, deluder, diseur, diseuse, dissembler, dissimulator, dodger, doer, double-dealer, dramatizer, duper, enchanter, entrancer, executant, executor, executrix, fabricator, fake, faker, fat part, feeder, foil, fooler, forger, fraud, gay deceiver, heavy, hero, heroine, histrio, histrion, hoaxer, hollow man, hypnotizer, impersonator, ingenue, jilt, jilter, joker, jokester, juvenile, kidder, lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, leg-puller, lines, mainstay, maker, man of straw, mannerist, matinee idol, medium, mesmerizer, mime, mimer, mimic, misleader, monologist, mover, mummer, operant, operative, operator, pantomime, pantomimist, paper tiger, part, partaker, participator, party, performer, perpetrator, person, personage, phony, piece, plagiarist, plagiarizer, playactor, player, practical joker, practitioner, pretender, prime mover, producer, protagonist, protean actor, ragger, reciter, role, role-player, seducer, sharer, side, soubrette, spoofer, stage performer, stage player, stooge, straight man, straight part, straw man, stroller, strolling player, subject, supporter, supporting character, supporting role, sustainer, tease, teaser, theatrical, thespian, title role, trouper, upholder, utility man, villain, walk-on, walking part, worker
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
actor
1. In {object-oriented} programming, an {object} which exists as a {concurrent} process. 2. In {Chorus}, the unit of resource allocation. (1994-11-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Actor An {object-oriented} language for {Microsoft Windows} written by Charles Duff of the {Whitewater Group} ca. 1986. It has {Pascal}/{C}-like {syntax}. Uses a {token-threaded} {interpreter}. {Early binding} is an option. ["Actor Does More than Windows", E.R. Tello, Dr Dobb's J 13(1):114-125 (Jan 1988)]. (1994-11-08)
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