"portrayer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: portrayers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English portraer, portrayer, portreyour, purtrayour, purtreoure, purtreyour, from Middle French portraieor, pourtraiour; equivalent to portray + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|portraer}} Middle English portraer, {{der|en|frm|portraieor}} Middle French portraieor, {{suffix|en|portray|er|id2=agent noun}} portray + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} portrayer (plural portrayers)
  1. Agent noun of portray; one who portrays. Tags: agent, form-of Form of: portray (extra: one who portrays)

Inflected forms

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