Actor and Dancer

Actor

Actor noun - One who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show).

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Dancer and actor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dancer" instead a noun "Actor".

Nearby Words: acting, actress

Dancer noun - A person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball).

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Actor and dancer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Actor" instead a noun "Dancer".

Nearby Words: dance, dancing, danced

fellow	fellow actor	fellow dancer
old	old actor	old dancer
good	good actor	good dancer
female	female actor	female dancer
Other adjectives: best, original, lead, popular, real, male, great, bad, black, young, talented, trained, famous, white, new, professional, former, worst, aspiring.

A classic character type in musical theater is The Rival to the aspiring actor/dancer/singer protagonist.

Source: Irony as She Is Cast
He was a real dancing shoe shiner rather than an actor/dancer, and the inspiration for the song "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy".

Source: Shoe Shine, Mister?
Actor/dancer Donald O'Connor appears to cheer on Vera as she attempted to break the world record for marathon tap dancing.

Source: Series / Alice (1976)

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