Associations to the word «Actress»

Wiktionary

ACTRESS, noun. (now rare) A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense). [from 16th c.]
ACTRESS, noun. A female actor on the stage or in films. [from 17th c.]

Dictionary definition

ACTRESS, noun. A female actor.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats