actress

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Pronunciation

/ˈæk.tɹɪs/

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/ˈæk.tɹɪs/ · [ˈæk.tɹ̝̊ɪs] · [ˈæk.t̠ɹ̠̊˔ɪs] · /ˈæk.tɹəs/ · [ˈæk.tɹ̝̊əs] · [ˈæk.t̠ɹ̠̊˔əs]

Definition of actress

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A female who performs on the stage or in films.

“A while ago somewhere I don't know when / I was watchin' a movie with a friend / I fell in love with the actress / She was playin' a part that I could understand”
“"I'm an actress -- actor, as we have to say these days."”
“Court documents appear to show that Ian Edmondson, a senior News of the World journalist, had authorised Mr Mulcaire to hack phones belonging to Sienna Miller, an actress.”

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noun

A female who performs on the stage or in films.

“A while ago somewhere I don't know when / I was watchin' a movie with a friend / I fell in love with the actress / She was playin' a part that I could understand”
“"I'm an actress -- actor, as we have to say these days."”
“Court documents appear to show that Ian Edmondson, a senior News of the World journalist, had authorised Mr Mulcaire to hack phones belonging to Sienna Miller, an actress.”
(archaic)A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).

“My mental anguish, and the dreadful scenes in which I had been an actress, advanced the period of my labour.”

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From actor + -ess. Probably formed independently of Middle French actrice.

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