A subordinate part in action, esp. a minor rôle in a play; one who acts a subordinate part.

A non-speaking role, character, or actor. Also in extended use.

The action or fact of changing one's dress or appearance, typically in order to disguise oneself. Later also: spec. the action or fact of doing this…

Theatre. A maid-servant or lady's maid as a character in a play or opera, usually one of a pert, coquettish, or intriguing character; an actress…

Theatre. The role of an old man; an actor playing the role of an old man, esp. one who specializes in such roles. Cf. old woman, n. 1e.

A minor part or character in a play.

a part in which men's clothes are worn by an actress.

a dramatic role representing an unconventional or idiosyncratic person, as opposed to a traditional leading or romantic role.

In the phraseology of various trades or occupations, applied to especially lucrative kinds of work. Theatrical, a part with good lines and…

Theatre. The type of a light comedy role for a woman, as a lady's maid, waitress, etc. Obsolete.

A stock character in a mummers' play (mummers' play, n.), morris dance, and other performance associated with English folk festival, characterized…

A character in a play or other work who expresses the author's message, point of view, or philosophy.

An artless, innocent girl or young woman; also, the representation of such a character on the stage, or the actress who plays the part. Also as adj.…

Originally, a low-born base-minded rustic; a man of ignoble ideas or instincts; in later use, an… (Usually with the.) The character in a play, novel…

a dramatic character representing a type in a conventional manner and recurring in many works; (cf. sense A. 3a below).

Theatrical. (See quot. 1886.)

A minor character in a satire; a satirical caricature. Obsolete.

= character part n.

Chiefly Theatre. As a modifier, with the sense ‘that requires a performer to dress as a member of the opposite sex’, as in travesty performance, tra…

a part in which the actor has no words to speak, a silent part.

Theatre and Film. A part in which the performer is required merely to walk on and off, with little or no speaking.

a figure cut out of cardboard, used in an advertising display, as a theatrical prop, etc.; (figurative) a character in a play, film, etc., who…

A small part in a play or film; freq. attrib. and Comb., as bit part, bit player; also transf. orig. U.S.

(usually with the, frequently in plural) a good or virtuous person; esp. one who is on the side of good against evil in a story, film, etc., and…

Theatrical slang. = feeder, n. 11. Also in extended and attributive uses.

(usually with the) a villain or enemy, esp. in a film or other work of fiction (in explicit or implicit contrast with good guy n. at good, adj. n.adv.…

colloquial (originally U.S.). A good or virtuous person; esp. one who is on the side of good against evil in a story, film, etc., and whom the…

Theatre and Film. (a) An actor with a small non-speaking part in a play or film; = walk-on, n. 1b; (b) a non-speaking part; = walk-on, n. 1; (c) an…

spec. A character in a play or film who relates part of the plot to the audience. Also: a person who speaks a commentary in a film, television…

transferred and figurative. Esp. a short literary sketch or portrait; a small character part that stands out from the other minor parts. Frequently…

Frequently opposed to white hat. colloquial (originally U.S.). A villain or criminal, esp. one in a film or other work of fiction; a ‘bad guy’.