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Histrion

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actornounA person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
thespiannounAn actor or player.
playernounOne who plays any game or sport.
role playernoun(basketball) A player who is not one of the best players on the team, but still makes a meaningful contribution.

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thespiannounAn actor or player.
role playernoun(basketball) A player who is not one of the best players on the team, but still makes a meaningful contribution.
actornounA person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
playernounOne who plays any game or sport.
histrionismnounHistrionic behaviour.
hystericknounObsolete form of hysteric. [A hysterical person.]
historicnoun(obsolete) A history, a non-fiction account of the past.
histrionicitynoun(psychiatry) The condition of being histrionic.
hystericnounA hysterical person.
hysteriacnoun(medicine, chiefly dated) One who suffers from hysteria.
hectournoun(rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
hetaeranoun(historical, Ancient Greece) A highly cultivated hired female companion who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them.
hetæranounArchaic form of hetaera. [(historical, Ancient Greece) A highly cultivated hired female companion who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them.]
hippodromistnoun(archaic) One who trains or rides horses as part of a circus.
historicasternoun(derogatory, rare) Synonym of historiaster (“an inferior historian”).
hetairianounAlternative form of hetaera. [(historical, Ancient Greece) A highly cultivated hired female companion who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them.]
hetairanounAlternative form of hetaera. [(historical, Ancient Greece) A highly cultivated hired female companion who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them.]
hectoringnounThe act of one who hectors, or acts blusteringly.
hist.nounAbbreviation of historian. [A writer of history.]
hobblernounOne who hobbles.

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