A role or character assumed in real life, or in a play, etc.; a part, function, or office; a persona; a semblance or guise. Hence: any of the…

A part in a play, etc.; a role. Obsolete.

Originally Theatre. A character assigned to or represented by an actor in a play, film, etc.; a role. Also: the words assigned to or spoken by an…

Any of the characters (dramatis personae) of a play, or of a dramatic poem, novel, etc.; a performer representing this character. Also: a real…

A part or character acted. Obsolete. rare.

Theatre. A part, a character impersonated; the make-up and costume suited to a particular part. Obsolete.

Represented character; part enacted; hence, position, capacity. Obsolete.

Theatre. The assignment of the parts in a play to the several actors; the part assigned to any actor (obsolete); the set of actors to whom the…

A person portrayed in a work of fiction, a drama, a film, a comic strip, etc.; (also) a part played by an actor on the stage, in a film, etc., a role.

An actor's part in a play, film, etc. Also in extended use. Cf. part, n.1 12b. See also title role n. at title, n. compounds 1c.