单词 | impersonatress |
释义 | impersonatressn. Now rare. A woman acting a role (of a particular character) in a play, etc. Cf. impersonatrix n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actress player-girl1596 actress1608 stageress1633 play-actress1818 playeress1830 impersonatrix1834 playgirl1854 impersonatress1871 actress-manageress1888 playwoman1889 actorine1892 1871 Scotsman 15 May 4/3 Mrs Fredericks, acknowledged to be the most Versatile Actress of the day, and Greatest Female Irish Impersonatress in the World, will, each evening, represent 20 Different Characters. 1881 W. E. Norris Matrimony III. i. 11 The impersonatress of Madame de Sancerre played her part here to such purpose. 1908 W. E. Norris Pauline xviii. 154 They laughed with Vera, wept with her, believed in her, loved her, and when after each act her impersonatress was called before the curtain, there arose..a tempest of applause. 1936 G. B. Shaw in N.Y. Times 14 Sept. 26/7 Did not one of the princes of the Church in America publicly decorate the first American impersonatress of Saint Joan? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871 |
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