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   Ac·tor

   /ˈaktər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person whose profession is acting on the stage, in movies, or on television.
   • ▪ a person who behaves in a way that is not genuine: "in war one must be a good actor"
   • 2. a participant in an action or process: "employers are key actors within industrial relations"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally denoting an agent or administrator): from Latin, ‘doer, actor’, from agere ‘do, act’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. actorish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

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