Definitions for Actor

Actor ac·tor

Spelling: [ak-ter]
IPA: /ˈæk tər/

Actor is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in Actor (acort).

Definitions for Actor

noun

  1. a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
  2. a person who does something; participant.
  3. a brother of King Augeas, sometimes believed to be the father, by Molione, of Eurytus and Cteatus.

Origin of Actor

1350-1400; Middle English Latin āctor, equivalent to āg- (see act) + -tor -tor

Examples for Actor

All these actor cheps know it, so of course 'e'd 'a' known abaht it, too.

Montigny had been an actor, and was plump and good-humoured.

David Prowse, the actor who portrayed Darth Vader, wished to come back but had to turn down the role because of ill health.

In a bizarre matchup, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor came for the 20-year-old singer this past July in Ibiza.

I actually found it quite pleasurable, and it prepared me for this strange, gypsy lifestyle of an actor.

The actor recalls an incident when his daughter was younger.

It was all in his favour that he should have been forced at first to win his spurs as an actor.

One common grave, according to Garrick, covers the actor and his art.

Could anything be more dull than the life of an actor in a repertory theatre?

And the actor says his childhood experience plays a critical role in his performance.

Word Value for Actor
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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