Meanings
nounreenactor (plural reenactors)
plural reenactors · alternative re-enactor
- One who reenacts.
- One who takes part in a historical reenactment.
So we stare instead at a long dining tables with their collections of silver and porcelain and wander through restored kitchens full of re-enactors doing things to whole pigs.
2023 September 23, Tim Hayward, “Not so easy does it”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishenact
- Englishreenact
- Englishreenactor
Translations
French reconstitueur, reconstituteur
- reconstitueurparticipant of a historical reenactment
- reconstituteurparticipant of a historical reenactment
- reconstitueuseparticipant of a historical reenactment
Polish odtwórca, odtwórczyni
- odtwórcaone who reenacts
- odtwórczynione who reenacts
- rekonstruktorparticipant of a historical reenactment
- rekonstruktorkaparticipant of a historical reenactment
Cite this entry
APA
reenactor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reenactor
MLA
“reenactor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reenactor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reenactor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reenactor.
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