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Actresses

[ak-tris] Origin

ac·tress

[ak-tris]
noun
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.

Origin:
1580–90; act(o)r + -ess


See -ess.

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Word Origin & History

actress
1580s, "female who does something;" see actor; stage sense is from 1700. Sometimes Fr. actrice was used.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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