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Histrion

noun
1.
A theatrical performer.  Synonyms: actor, player, role player, thespian.






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"Histrion" Quotes from Famous Books



... jours de triomphe ou le troupeau vulgaire Qui pese au meme poids L'histrion ridicule et le genie austere ...
— Musicians of To-Day • Romain Rolland

... the chief histrion, Down to the footlights walks in some great scena, Dominating the rest I see the Admiral himself, (History's type of courage, action, faith,) Behold him sail from Palos leading his little fleet, His voyage behold, his return, his great fame, His misfortunes, calumniators, ...
— Leaves of Grass • Walt Whitman

... off to the lingerie and entertain Mlle. Marceline and Constance and Felicite (who all three adored him) with comic songs and break-downs of his own invention, and imitations of everybody in the school. He was a born histrion—a kind of French Arthur Roberts—but very beautiful to the female eye, and also always dear to the female heart—a most delightful ...
— The Martian • George Du Maurier



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