[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

actor \ac"tor\, n. l. actor, fr. agere to act.
   1. one who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
      1913 webster

   2. a theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
      1913 webster

            after a well graced actor leaves the stage. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. law
      a an advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
          --jacobs.
      b one who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
          1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

actor
     n 1: a theatrical performer syn: histrion, player, thespian,
           role player
     2: a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal
        actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a
        doer"; "he's a miracle worker" syn: doer, worker
see also:
histrion player thespian role player doer worker 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

155 moby thesaurus words for "actor":
   artful dodger, casanova, don juan, machiavel, machiavelli,
   machiavellian, roscius, actress, affecter, agent, antagonist,
   antihero, architect, author, bad guy, bamboozler, barnstormer,
   befuddler, beguiler, bit, bit part, cast, character,
   character actor, character man, character woman, charmer,
   child actor, counterfeiter, creator, cue, deceiver, deluder,
   diseur, diseuse, dissembler, dissimulator, dodger, doer,
   double-dealer, dramatizer, duper, enchanter, entrancer, executant,
   executor, executrix, fabricator, fake, faker, fat part, feeder,
   foil, fooler, forger, fraud, gay deceiver, heavy, hero, heroine,
   histrio, histrion, hoaxer, hollow man, hypnotizer, impersonator,
   ingenue, jilt, jilter, joker, jokester, juvenile, kidder, lead,
   lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, leg-puller,
   lines, mainstay, maker, man of straw, mannerist, matinee idol,
   medium, mesmerizer, mime, mimer, mimic, misleader, monologist,
   mover, mummer, operant, operative, operator, pantomime,
   pantomimist, paper tiger, part, partaker, participator, party,
   performer, perpetrator, person, personage, phony, piece,
   plagiarist, plagiarizer, playactor, player, practical joker,
   practitioner, pretender, prime mover, producer, protagonist,
   protean actor, ragger, reciter, role, role-player, seducer, sharer,
   side, soubrette, spoofer, stage performer, stage player, stooge,
   straight man, straight part, straw man, stroller, strolling player,
   subject, supporter, supporting character, supporting role,
   sustainer, tease, teaser, theatrical, thespian, title role,
   trouper, upholder, utility man, villain, walk-on, walking part,
   worker

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

actor
     
        1.  in object-oriented programming, an object
        which exists as a concurrent process.
     
        2.  in chorus, the unit of resource
        allocation.
     
        1994-11-08
     
     
see also:
object-oriented object concurrent chorus 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

actor
     
         an object-oriented language for microsoft
        windows written by charles duff of the whitewater group ca.
        1986.  it has pascal/c-like syntax.  uses a
        token-threaded interpreter.  early binding is an option.
     
        "actor does more than windows", e.r. tello, dr dobb's j
        131:114-125 jan 1988.
     
        1994-11-08
     
     
see also:
object-oriented microsoft windows whitewater group pascal c syntax 
token-threaded interpreter early binding 

[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

actor, practice. 1. a plaintiff or complainant. 2. he on whom the burden of
proof lies.  in actions of replevin both parties are said to be actors.  the
proctor or advocate in the courts of the civil law, was called actor.

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