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Definition of Playactor
1. Noun. An actor who travels around the country presenting plays.
Generic synonyms: Actor, Histrion, Player, Role Player, Thespian
Derivative terms: Playact
Definition of Playactor
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Playactor
Literary usage of Playactor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Security Awareness in the 1990's: Feature Articles from the Security by Lynn F. Fischer (1998)
"In March 1993, the joint unit issued its final report, known as the playactor/SKYLIGHT
report. The report did not describe the specific information ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"... to be a playactor herself, going to perdition!" Then Miss Martha shed a few
tears over the prospect for Marion, and over her sister's inconsistency. ..."
3. Shakespeare by Walter Alexander Raleigh (1907)
"At a crisis, the real man surprises the playactor, and pushes him aside. Angelo had
underestimated the possibilities of temptation : O cunning enemy, ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"It will not be needful now to swear fealty to the Incredible, and traitorously
cramp thyself into a cowardly canting playactor in God's Universe; or, ..."
5. Security Awareness in the 1990's: Feature Articles from the Security by Lynn F. Fischer (1998)
"In March 1993, the joint unit issued its final report, known as the playactor/SKYLIGHT
report. The report did not describe the specific information ..."
6. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"... to be a playactor herself, going to perdition!" Then Miss Martha shed a few
tears over the prospect for Marion, and over her sister's inconsistency. ..."
7. Shakespeare by Walter Alexander Raleigh (1907)
"At a crisis, the real man surprises the playactor, and pushes him aside. Angelo had
underestimated the possibilities of temptation : O cunning enemy, ..."
8. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"It will not be needful now to swear fealty to the Incredible, and traitorously
cramp thyself into a cowardly canting playactor in God's Universe; or, ..."
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