What Is…

Actor.

[ak-ter]

noun

  • a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
  • a person who does something; participant.

See also:

act, act as, acting, put on an act, unemployed, server, bartender, receptionist

PS:

Dude. If you’re looking for information on “Actor, an object-oriented language for Microsoft Windows” written by Charles Duff of the Whitewater Group ca. 1986 you are so in the wrong place.

References:

American Psychological Association (APA): actor. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved January 12, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/actor

Modern Language Association (MLA): “actor.” Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 12 Jan. 2007. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/actor

Chicago Manual Style (CMS): actor. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/actor (accessed: January 12, 2007).