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Etymology

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Fromactor +‎-ess.[1][2][3] Probably formed independently ofMiddle Frenchactrice.[4]

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Noun

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actress (pluralactresses)

  2. A female whoperforms on the stage or in films.[from 17th c.]
    • 1972,Neil Young, “A Man Needs a Maid”, inHarvest:
      A while ago somewhere I don't know when / I was watchin' a movie with a friend / I fell in love with theactress / She was playin' a part that I could understand
    • 2010,Peter Corris,Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page88:
      "I'm anactress -- actor, as we have to say these days."
    • 2011 January 27, “Not going quietly”, inThe Economist:
      Court documents appear to show that Ian Edmondson, a seniorNews of the World journalist, had authorised Mr Mulcaire to hack phones belonging to Sienna Miller, anactress.
  3. (now rare) A femaledoer or "actor" (in a general sense).[from 16th c.]
    • 1796, Matthew Lewis,The Monk, Folio Society, published1985, page290:
      My mental anguish, and the dreadful scenes in which I had been anactress, advanced the period of my labour.

Usage notes

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  • Actor may also be used to refer to a female performer.

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Translations

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female actor—see alsoactor

References

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  1. ^“actress”, inDictionary.com Unabridged,Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. ^“actress”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ^Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “actress”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.
  4. ^John A. Simpson andEdmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “actress”, inThe Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford:Clarendon Press,→ISBN.

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Noun

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actress (pluralactresses)

  1. actress

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