Usually means: Performer pretending to be someone.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. play-actor, play-actor: Collins English Dictionary
  2. play-actor: Vocabulary.com
  3. play-actor: Wordnik
  4. play-actor: Wiktionary
  5. play-actor: Dictionary.com
  6. play-actor: Rhymezone
  7. PLAY-ACTOR: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  8. play-actor: FreeDictionary.org
  9. play-actor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. play-actor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. play-actor: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (play-actor)

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

Similar:
playactor, stageplayer, play-actress, player, actor, thespian, comedian, acter, stager, role, more...

Opposite:
non-actor, serious actor, dramatic actor, character actor

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Similar:
playactor, stageplayer, play-actress, player, actor, thespian, comedian, acter, stager, role, more...

Opposite:
non-actor, serious actor, dramatic actor, character actor



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