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histrion

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A stage actor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a theatrical performer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: actor, player, thespian, role player

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: performer, performing artist

Narrower terms: actress, barnstormer, playactor, play-actor, trouper, character actor, comedian, ham, ham actor, heavy, ingenue, leading man, mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist, plant, reenactor, scene-stealer, screen actor, movie actor, star, principal, lead, supernumerary, spear carrier, extra, tragedian, understudy, standby, upstager, walk-on, Allen, Woody Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg, Astaire, Fred Astaire, Barrymore, Maurice Barrymore, Herbert Blythe, Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Bogart, Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart, Booth, John Wilkes Booth, Burbage, Richard Burbage, Burton, Richard Burton, Cagney, Jimmy Cagney, James Cagney, Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier, Cooper, Gary Cooper, Frank Cooper, Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward, Cronyn, Hume Cronyn, Hume Blake Cronyn, Crosby, Bing Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby, Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean, De Niro, Robert De Niro, Depardieu, Gerard Depardieu, Drew, John Drew, Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Julius Ullman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Fonda, Henry Fonda, Gable, Clark Gable, William Clark Gable, Garrick, David Garrick, Gibson, Mel Gibson, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Gielgud, Sir John Gielgud, Arthur John Gielgud, Grant, Cary Grant, Granville-Barker, Harley Granville-Barker, Guinness, Alec Guinness, Sir Alec Guinness, Hanks, Tom Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks, Harrison, Rex Harrison, Sir Rex Harrison, Reginald Carey Harrison, Heming, Hemminge, John Heming, John Hemminge, Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman, Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins, Howard, Leslie Howard, Leslie Howard Stainer, Jolson, Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson, Karloff, Boris Karloff, William Henry Pratt, Kean, Edmund Kean, Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton, Kelly, Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly, Laughton, Charles Laughton, Lee, Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam, Lemmon, Jack Lemmon, John Uhler, Lloyd, Harold Lloyd, Harold Clayton Lloyd, Lorre, Peter Lorre, Laszlo Lowestein, Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Bela Ferenc Blasko, Lunt, Alfred Lunt, Marshall, E. G. Marshall, Martin, Steve Martin, Mason, James Mason, James Neville Mason, Mitchum, Robert Mitchum, Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore, Newman, Paul Newman, Paul Leonard Newman, Olivier, Laurence Olivier, Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier of Birghton, O'Toole, Peter O'Toole, Peter Seamus O'Toole, Poitier, Sidney Poitier, Redford, Robert Redford, Charles Robert Redford, Richardson, Ralph Richardson, Sir Ralph David Richardson, Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson, Scott, George C. Scott, Sellers, Peter Sellers, Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra, Skinner, Otis Skinner, Stanislavsky, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev, Stewart, Jimmy Stewart, James Maitland Stewart, Strasberg, Lee Strasberg, Israel Strassberg, Stroheim, Erich von Stroheim, Tracy, Spencer Tracy, Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Ustinov, Sir Peter Ustinov, Peter Alexander Ustinov, Wayne, John Wayne, Duke Wayne, Welles, Orson Welles, George Orson Welles

History

Etymology

From Latin histriō. Compare French histrion. See histrionic.