Hypertext Webster Gateway: "actress"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Actress \Ac`tress\, n. [Cf. F. actrice.]
1. A female actor or doer. [Obs.] --Cockeram.
2. A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
actress
n : a female actor
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