(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
An ~ is someone whose job is acting in plays or films. ‘Actor’ in the singular usually refers to a man, but some women who act prefer to be called ‘~s’ rather than ‘actresses’.
His father was an ~ in the Cantonese Opera Company...
You have to be a very good ~ to play that part.
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