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thespian::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | actor, histrion, player, role player |
| Type of | performer, performing artist |
| Has types | play-actor, playactor, mummer, principal, barnstormer, ingenue, reenactor, ham, spear carrier, ham actor, standby, heavy, star, extra, pantomimer, pantomimist, character actor, supernumerary, comedian, scene-stealer, tragedian, trouper, understudy, upstager, screen actor, walk-on, mime, mimer, lead, leading man, movie actor, actress, plant |
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the movie director had thespian cooperation.
Examples of thespian
thespian
The 48-year-old veteran journalist is reticent to talk about his thespian debut.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Rango is a chameleon with decent intentions, thespian dreams and identity issues.
From the usatoday.com
Every Kiwi muso and thespian dreams of performing in the Civic Theatre one day.
From the nzherald.co.nz
And each time, just like the pugilistic thespian, they have come back fighting.
From the economist.com
It also has turned a respected 60-year-old thespian into a genuine action hero.
From the ocregister.com
You have to remove the cloak of the partisan, and assume the garb of the thespian.
From the theatlantic.com
With the passing of Tyler Burch, a local thespian, we were stunned and bewildered.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Self-regarding thespian and sanctimonious old buffoon Nigel Havers is in there too.
From the tv.uk.msn.com
McNeil had been a member of the thespian society at Toulminville High School.
From the al.com
- Actor: a theatrical performer
- Of or relating to drama; "the movie director had thespian cooperation"
- Thespius (Ancientu00A0Greek: u0398u03ADu03C3u03C0u03B9u03BFu03C2) was a legendary founder and king of Thespiae, Boeotia. His life account is considered part of Greek mythology.
- An actor or player; of, or relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical
- (thespians) (HEAR IT) actors; came from the name Thespis, who lived circa 534 BCE; Thespis is considered to be the father of drama and is usually referred to as the one who brought make-up and masks to theater presentation
- Is a fancy word for actor. Since this word is related to Thespis, the guy who first took the stage in Ancient Greece, you can feel real scholarly using the word thespian.
