actor
    n 1: a theatrical performer [syn: actor, 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: actor, doer,
       worker]

Actor \Ac"tor\, n. [L. actor, fr. agere to act.]
   1. One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
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   2. A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
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            After a well graced actor leaves the stage. --Shak.
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   3. (Law)
      (a) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
          --Jacobs.
      (b) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
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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
   13(1):114-125 (Jan 1988)].

   (1994-11-08)

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)

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.