co-starn.
/ˈkəʊstɑː/, U.S. /ˈkoʊˌstɑr/ Originally North American.
A film or theatre star appearing in the same production as one or more other stars of equal or greater importance; an actor receiving star billing with another or others.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [noun] > types of performer > star or principal
star1808
co-star1888
starlet1910
television star1931
principal1936
vedette1963
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > actors or characters > [noun] > film star
co-star1888
film star1911
movie star1912
vedette1963
1888 Washington Post 19 Aug. 12/5 Five members of the old ‘Professor’ company..will be once more together, this time in the ‘Crucify Her’ company of which Selina Fetter and Ramsay Morris, the author, are co-stars.
1893 Sunday Post (Boston) 15 Oct. 11/4 This romantic Irish drama has met with remarkable success.., and the clever co-stars, J. K. Murray and Miss Clara Lane, have won for themselves hosts of new friends.
1926 Amer. Year Bk. 1925 1062 Walter Hampden..settled down to repertory in the Hampden Theatre with Ethel Barrymore as co-star.
1970 N.Y. Mag. 2 Nov. 60/1 Brando, in fact, is virtually relegated to co-star status.
2015 Illawarra (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 3 Apr. 20 The Fast And The Furious 7 cast struggled to come to terms with the death of co-star Paul Walker.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
co-starv.
/ˈkəʊstɑː/, U.S. /ˈkoʊˌstɑr/ Originally North American.
1.
a. intransitive. To perform in a play, film, television programme, etc., as a co-star; to star with another or others. Also figurative.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > appear as performer [verb (intransitive)] > be star performer
star1815
co-star1896
to have (also get) one's name in lights1918
1896 Daily News Standard (Uniontown, Pa.) 7 Oct. 1/2 Miss Brandon Douglass, the tragedienne co starring with Donald Robertson in ‘The Man in the Iron Mask’.
1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts xviii. 244 You and Bonnie are to co-star in a picture biography of Jack and Blythe.
1956 Ess. in Crit. 6 203 Your ego never shared or co-starred.
2015 Pittsburgh Tribune Rev. (Nexis) 21 Apr. She co-stars with fellow ‘Glee’ cast member Matthew Morrison.
b. intransitive. In extended use (esp. in Sport): to perform (well) alongside another person or other people in a particular field, activity, etc.
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1940 Jrnl. (Topeka, Kansas) 29 Apr. 2/7 Twin athletes.., they co-starred in track, baseball and basketball.
1945 Life 19 Mar. 42/2 (caption) Halfback and Basketball Captain Dale Hall, who co-starred with Blanchard in football last fall.
2002 D. Whitehead Tennis Junkie's Guide 169 The touring pros are simply too absorbed with..making money..to assist any player not co-starring in a pro-am charity event.
2015 R. James Dreamwalker 18 Dream Girl, as he called her, made regular appearances. Usually she co-starred in adventure dreams.
2.
a. transitive. In passive. To be employed or presented as a co-star or co-stars.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (transitive)] > bring (performer) before the public > present as star
star1852
co-star1897
1897–8 Metropolitan (Montreal) in F. Graham Histrionic Montreal (typescript, Toronto Public Libr.) 110 He was co-starred, or, rather, featured with Regina Vokes.
1904 L. R. Hamersly Who's Who in N.Y. City & State 499/2 Now being starred (season of 1903-04) as ‘Merely Mary Ann’ in the Zangwill comedy of that name, and toward the close of the season to be co-starred with Tommaso Salvini in classic repertoire, all under the management of Liebler & Co.
1937 Evening News 6 Mar. 11/1 I am to be co-starred with Tauber.
1956 N.Y. Herald Tribune 18 Jan. Margaret Phillips is co-starred, and is worthy of her billing.
2001 Guardian 5 June 24/2 Because it was felt that no American actress was fiery enough to match Quinn, he was co-starred with the three hottest Italian female stars.
b. transitive. Of a play, film, television programme, etc.: to feature as a co-star or co-stars.
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1918 Roswell (New Mexico) Daily Rec. 6 Oct. (advt.) ‘Her Naked Soul’ Co-starring Nell Craig and Darwin Carr.
1948 Evening Standard 7 Jan. 6/4 Herbert Wilcox has just made ‘Spring in Park Lane’, co-starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding again.
1981 TV Picture Life Mar. 72/1 It's a mini-movie that co-stars Mickey Rooney and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
2011 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 28 Dec. 16 The project..could also co-star Isabelle Adjani as DSK's [= Dominique Strauss-Kahn] wife, Anne Sinclair.
Derivatives
ˈco-starring adj. and n.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [adjective] > type of performer > star
starry1829
starring1833
co-starring1902
1902 F. Graham Histrionic Montreal (ed. 2) 284 A co-starring tour with Modjeska..was followed by his metropolitan engagement to play John Storm in support of Viola Allen in ‘The Christian’.
1922 Theatre Mag. Nov. 295/3 Her reward was the co-starring rôle with him in ‘The Famous Mrs. Fair’, and their present close association.
1956 N.Y. Herald Tribune 18 Jan. 15/2 She'll have the co-starring feminine role with Ginger Rogers.
2008 D. Kamin Comedy C. Chaplin vi. 78 The contrast between them is apparent in their two co-starring films.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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