"bit player" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bit players [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bit player (plural bit players)
  1. (theater, film) An actor who has a minor role in a production. Categories (topical): Film, Theater, Acting, People Synonyms (actor with a minor role): spear carrier, walk-on Translations (actor with a minor role): sivuosan esittäjä (Finnish), utilité [feminine] (French), Kleindarsteller [masculine] (German), Kleindarstellerin [feminine] (German), epizodista (Hungarian), figurante [masculine] (Italian), spalla [feminine] (Italian), figurant [masculine] (Polish), figurantka [feminine] (Polish), figurante (Portuguese), стати́ст (statíst) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bit_player-en-noun-Czwh64AW Disambiguation of Acting: 91 9 Disambiguation of People: 93 7 Topics: broadcasting, entertainment, film, lifestyle, media, television, theater Disambiguation of 'actor with a minor role': 87 13 Disambiguation of 'actor with a minor role': 87 13
  2. (figuratively) An insignificant or unimportant person (in a particular situation). Tags: figuratively Translations (insignificant person): pikkutekijä (Finnish), petit joueur [masculine] (French), petite joueuse [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-bit_player-en-noun-X4AKSFP0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'insignificant person': 10 90

Inflected forms

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