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n. A woman who is an actor. See Usage Note at -ess.

n. A female actor or doer.

n. A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.

n. A female actor or performer.

n. a female actor

"The First Actresses, National Portrait Gallery - review The catalogue of the new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery opens with a dejected little enquiry into the origin of the term "actress", as though the author, Gill Perry, has some objection to the distinction in terms of gender between the male and female trouper."

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