"child actor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: child actors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} child actor (plural child actors)
  1. A child who works as an actor. Synonyms: juve Translations (child actor): lapsinäyttelijä (Finnish), Kinderstar [masculine] (German), 子役 (koyaku) (alt: こやく) (Japanese), 아역 (ayeok) (alt: 兒役) (Korean), barnskådespelare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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