thespn.
/θɛsp/, U.S. /θɛsp/ colloquial.
= Thespian n.
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playera1400
game-player1533
comedy player1550
stage-player1561
actor1566
histrion?1566
comediant1568
representer1579
stager1580
presentera1586
histrio1589
stageman1589
gamester1596
player-man1596
Roscius1600
stagerite1602
theaterian1602
comedian1603
scenic1612
representant1622
play-actor1633
parta1643
histrionic1647
representator1653
artist1714
mummer1773
actor-manager1826
Thespian1827
impersonator1830
personifier1835
player-manager1895
thesp1962
luvvie1988
1962 New Statesman 23 Feb. 274/3 Like all tales about thesps, [it] seems to involve us just that much less in their fate.
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Mar. 262/2 More commonly than not, Shakespeare productions by Eng Lit dons involving undergraduate actors come with terrific programme notes but scrawny thesps.
1978 Guardian Weekly 15 Jan. 21/4 Hero and heroine—actors both..a famous pair of Budapest thesps.
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