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Definition of Starring

1. Adjective. Indicating the most important performer or role. "A stellar performance"

Definition of Starring

1. Adjective. of, relating to, or in the manner of a star ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of star) ¹

3. Verb. (''with a film as its subject'') That which has the specified actor or actors, especially those in lead roles, in its cast. ¹

4. Noun. The action of the verb '''to star'''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Starring

1. star [v] - See also: star

Lexicographical Neighbors of Starring

Literary usage of Starring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Memories of Rose Eytinge: Being Recollections & Observations of Men by Rose Eytinge (1905)
"With the exception of some intermittent weeks some years previously, I had had no experience of starring, and at that time I had not been called upon to ..."

2. The Incomparable Siddons by Florence Mary Wilson Parsons (1909)
"VIII HER starring EXPERIENCES JOHN KEMBLE was acting, with distinguished ... Where this was the preparative tone in dominant circles, a starring visit was ..."

3. Random Shots and Southern Breezes: Containing Critical Remarks on the by Louis Fitzgerald Tasistro (1842)
"The starring System.—A curious Case of Mental Aberration, produced by unexpected Applause.—Origin of the starring Evil.— Managers alone to Blame. ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... polish his work to the highest possible degree; and these are precisely the things which are discouraged by the temptation to starring in a magazine. ..."

5. The Knickerbocker; Or, New York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew, Timothy Flint, Washington Irving (1835)
"Tony once went ' starring,' with about as much pretension as many •tars of the present day, but without their luck. One Adamson was acting in the little ..."

6. History of the American Theatre by William Dunlap (1833)
"... I'Epe'e—Philadelphia Company—Engagement of Mrs. Merry and Mr. Cooper for New- York—starring—Miss EA Westray—Mr. Placide—'Hodgkin- son's Falstaff—Opening ..."

7. Memories of an Old Actor by Walter Moore Leman (1886)
"Mr. Robinson—Miss Georgia Woodthorpe—Mr. Samuel W. Piercy—Captain Jack Crawford—Romeo and Juliet—Benefit—The Stage—Its Influence on Society—The starring ..."

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