actor in All languages combined

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "actor",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "actors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The actor received a Tony Award."
        },
        {
          "text": "The actors waited back stage."
        },
        {
          "text": "Top movie actors are well paid."
        },
        {
          "text": "Tom Cruise is a popular movie actor."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An actor is a person (usually male) who performs as a character in a play or other theatrical work. A female performer is called either an actress or an actor."
      ],
      "id": "simple-actor-en-noun-xufK3V7K",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæk.tə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæk.tɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-actor.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "actor"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "actor",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "actors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The actor received a Tony Award."
        },
        {
          "text": "The actors waited back stage."
        },
        {
          "text": "Top movie actors are well paid."
        },
        {
          "text": "Tom Cruise is a popular movie actor."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An actor is a person (usually male) who performs as a character in a play or other theatrical work. A female performer is called either an actress or an actor."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæk.tə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæk.tɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-actor.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "actor"
}

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"actor" meaning in All languages combined

Noun [English]