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Date "ACTRESSES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Actresses Female characters used to be played by boys. Coryat, in his Crudities (1611), says, "When I went to a theatre (in Venice) I observed certain things that I never saw before; for I saw women acte. ... I have heard that it hath sometimes been used in London" (Vol. ii.). "Whereas, women's parts in plays have hitherto been acted by men in the habits of women ... we do permit and give leave for the time to come that all women's parts be acted by women, 1662." - Charles II. The first female actress on the English stage was Mrs. Coleman (1656), who played Ianthe in the Siege of Rhodes. The last male actor that took the part of a woman on the English stage, in serious drama, was Edward Kynaston, noted for his beauty (1619--1687). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: ACTRESSESSynonyms: Entertainers, Movie stars. (additional references) |
Crosswords: ACTRESSES |
| English words defined with "ACTRESSES": buxom ♦ chubby ♦ embonpoint ♦ zaftig, zoftig. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ACTRESSES": green room ♦ Old Women ♦ Singing Chambermaids. (references) |
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Screenplays | Critics look at actresses one of two ways: you're either bankable or boinkable. (It's Like, You Know...; writing credit: Chris Pechin) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Norwegian Actresses in Hollywood (2002) Aspiring Actresses (1989) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Actresses Millette Alexander and Louise King, and nightclub entertainer Ted Lewis, stand outside a giant mailbox stamp selling booth in Times Square, New York City, while Assistant Postmaster Aquiline F. Weierich dispenses stamps from inside booth] / Wor. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "ACTRESSES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 95.00% of the time. "ACTRESSES" is used about 140 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 95% | 133 | 27,614 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 4.29% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.71% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 140 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "ACTRESSES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | Schauspielerinen. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | attrici. (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 殺陣師 (man who teaches actors or actresses how to use swords). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たてし (man who teaches actors or actresses how to use swords). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | actressesay Actrices. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ACTRESSES": benefactresses. (additional references) | |
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"ACTRESSES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: actesses, Altesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ACTRESSES" (pronounced a"ktrusuz) |
| 6 | -t r u s u z | buttresses, fortresses, mattresses, mistresses, seamstresses, waitresses. |
| 5 | -r u s u z | addresses, choruses, congresses, embarrasses, irises, retroviruses, terraces, viruses, walruses. |
| 4 | -u s u z | accomplices, aliases, amaryllises, apparatuses, apprentices, biases, bonuses, businesses, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, caucuses, censuses, circuses, crevices, crocuses, encompasses, eyewitnesses, fetuses, focuses, furnaces, geniuses, goddesses, grimaces, harnesses, hippopotamuses, hospices, hostesses, illnesses, injustices, justices, likenesses, minuses, necklaces, notices, novices, offices, omnibuses, orifices, palaces, penises, porpoises, poultices, prejudices, premises, promises, prospectuses, purchases, purposes, refocuses, repurchases, services, sinuses, stewardesses, surfaces, surpluses, tortoises, treatises, weaknesses, witnesses. |
| 3 | -s u z | absences, abuses, acceptances, aces, acquaintances, advances, affixes, albatrosses, allegiances, alliances, allowances, ambulances, annexes, announces, annoyances, appearances, appendixes, appliances, asses, assesses, assurances, atlases, audiences, auspices, axes, balances, bases, basses, Biosciences, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bookcases, bosses, bounces, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, buses, Busses, bypasses, cabooses, cadences, Casas, cases, cayuses, ceases, chances, chases, choices, circumstances, classes, clearances, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, coincidences, collapses, commences, complexes, compresses, concourses, condolences, conferences, confesses, confidences, consciences, consequences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, converses, convinces, corpses, countenances, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, curses, dances, databases, decreases, defenses, denounces, depresses, devices, differences, disabuses, disallowances, disappearances, discourses, discusses, dismisses, dispenses, displaces, distances, distresses, disturbances, divergences, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embraces, eminences, endorses, enforces, enhances, entrances, erases, esses, evidences, excesses, excuses, exes, expanses, expenses, experiences, expresses, eyeglasses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fences, finances, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, flounces, forces, foxes, fragrances, fusses, gases, gasses, gearboxes, glances, glasses, glimpses, glosses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grievances, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, headdresses, hindrances, hisses, hoaxes, horses, houses, hyraxes, ices, imbalances, impresses, impulses, incidences, inconveniences, increases, indexes, induces, indulgences, inferences, influences, instances, insurances, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, issuances, juices, jukeboxes, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, licences, licenses, lighthouses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, medusas, messes, minibuses, misses, missus, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, nieces, nixes, nuances, nurses, observances, occurrences, offenses, ordinances, ounces, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, paradoxes, passes, performances, perplexes, perses, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, possesses, powerhouses, practices, prances, preferences, presences, presses, pretenses, prices, princes, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, prominences, pronounces, protuberances, provinces, pulses, purses, pusses, racehorses, races, reassurances, recesses, reduces, references, refinances, reflexes, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, remembrances, reminiscences, reminisces, remittances, renounces, replaces, reproduces, resemblances, residences, resources, responses, reverses, romances, sacrifices, sauces, sciences, sconces, senses, sentences, sequences, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, silences, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spaces, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, stances, statehouses, steakhouses, stresses, substances, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surpasses, surtaxes, taxes, tolerances, tosses, townhouses, traces, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, utterances, variances, vases, verses, versus, vices, voices, waltzes, waxes, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-r-s-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: caresses, cateress, cerastes, crassest, cressets. | |
-2 letters: actress, asceses, asserts, casters, cerates, creases, creates, cresses, cresset, easters, ecartes, ectases, recasts, reseats, resects, searest, seaters, secrets, teasers, tessera, trasses, tresses. | |
-3 letters: aretes, assert, assets, asters, caress, carets, carses, cartes, caster, castes, caters, ceases, cerate, certes, cesses, cestas, crases, crates, crease, create, crests, easter, eaters, ecarte. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-r-s-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: ancestress, cateresses, tesseracts. | |
+2 letters: antecessors, coatdresses, newscasters, resistances, stavesacres. | |
+3 letters: ancestresses, cassiterites, craftinesses, researchists, resuscitates, streetscapes, watercresses. | |
+4 letters: enchantresses, franticnesses, heartsickness, starchinesses. | |
+5 letters: abstractedness, abstractnesses, accuratenesses, antirecessions, bacteriostases, benefactresses, contrarinesses, creativenesses, criticalnesses, microcassettes, necessitarians, nonresistances, reactivenesses, scratchinesses, secretaryships, steeplechasers, subsecretaries, verticalnesses. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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