role player
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role player
n.
1. One who assumes or acts out a particular role.
2. One who engages in role-playing.
3. Sports A team athlete who plays mainly in specific situations.
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Noun | 1. | role player - a person who makes deceitful pretenses beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true name dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends ringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses |
2. | role player - a theatrical performer actress - a female actor barnstormer, playactor, play-actor, trouper - an actor who travels around the country presenting plays character actor - an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles comedian - an actor in a comedy heavy - an actor who plays villainous roles ingenue - an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl leading man - actor who plays the leading male role mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist - an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression performer, performing artist - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience plant - an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience reenactor - a person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier scene-stealer - an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene; "babies are natural scene-stealers" movie actor, screen actor - an actor who plays a role in a film tragedian - an actor who specializes in tragic roles understudy, standby - an actor able to replace a regular performer when required upstager - a selfish actor who upstages the other actors walk-on - plays a small part in a dramatic production |
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