nonactor

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noun

Someone who is not an actor

OriginEnglish actor ← Middle English actour ← Latin āctor →
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Meanings

nounnonactor (plural nonactors)

plural nonactors

  1. Someone who is not an actor

    I spent a couple of months all by myself building a set and had my filmmaker friends, nonactors, play the parts.

    2007 March 11, Erik Piepenburg, “Reflections on Life as a Shaker-Upper”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021

Origin

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Latinagō
  3. Latināctus
  4. Latināctor
  5. Middle Englishactour
  6. Englishactor
  7. Englishnonactor

From non- + actor.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

nonactor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonactor

MLA

“nonactor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonactor. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonactor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonactor.

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