actor – English noun declension

English noun forms of actor

Noun: actor
Singularactor
Pluralactors

Sample Sentences

  • A man may be principal in an offence in two degrees. A principal, in the first degree, is he that is the actor, or absolute perpetrator of the crime; and, in the second degree, he who is present, aiding, and abetting the fact to be done. [1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England^(https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWilliam_Blackstone%2C_Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England_(1st_ed%2C_1769%2C_vol_IV).pdf&page=48):]
  • Never, my dear Bethel, did the most feverish dreams of fiction produce scenes more painful, or more terrific, than the real events to which I have been an actor, since the date of my last letter. [1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 373:]
  • Mr. Clay had been too prominent an actor in public affairs to allow whig deception and misrepresentation a fair opportunity for successful action. [1852 February 8, “Reminiscences”, in The Daily Union (Washington), page 2:]
  • Seems like everyone's an actor / Or they're an actor's best friend / I wonder what was wrong to begin with / That they should all have to pretend [1991, Ani DiFranco, “Anticipate”, in Not So Soft:]
  • Exactly. Marijuana is something we just all gradually decided is okay, like Mark Wahlberg as a serious actor. “You know what? Sure, I’ve decided I’m fine with that.” [2017 April 2, “Marijuana”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 7, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:]
  • "I'm an actress -- actor, as we have to say these days." [2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 88:]

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
5. Proto-Italic *agō
6. Latin agō
7. Latin āctus
8. Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
9. Proto-Italic *-tōr
10. Latin -tor
11. Latin āctorbor.
12. Middle English actour
13. English actor
14. Inherited from Middle English actour, from Anglo-Norman actor, Middle French actor, and their source, Latin āctor (“doer”), from agō (“to do”). Equivalent to act + -or. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄκτωρ (áktōr, “leader”), from ἄγω (ágō, “lead, carry, convey, bring”). See: Middle English Nouns 'actour', Middle English Nouns 'actour', Latin Nouns 'āctor', Ancient Greek Nouns 'ἄκτωρ'.