Actress

3 definitions found

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

  Actress \Ac`tress\, n. [Cf. F. actrice.]
     1. A female actor or doer. [Obs.] --Cockeram.
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     2. A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  actress
       n : a female actor

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "actress":
     Roscius, actor, antagonist, bad guy, barnstormer, character,
     character actor, character man, character woman, child actor,
     diseur, diseuse, dramatizer, feeder, foil, heavy, histrio,
     histrion, ingenue, juvenile, matinee idol, mime, mimer, mimic,
     monologist, mummer, pantomime, pantomimist, playactor, player,
     protean actor, reciter, soubrette, stage performer, stage player,
     stooge, straight man, stroller, strolling player, theatrical,
     thespian, trouper, utility man, villain