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Role

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of philanthropist.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Role'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/role.html. 1828.