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Role : (noun)
1: the actions and activities assigned to or required or
expected of a person or group; "the function of a
teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its
role" [syn: function, office, part]
2: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the
part of Desdemona" [syn: character, theatrical role, part,
persona]
3: what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to
bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
[syn: function, purpose, use]
4: normal or customary activity of a person in a particular
social setting; "what is your role on the team?"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Role : \R[^o]le\, n. [F. See Roll.]
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 r[^o]le of philanthropist.
Title r[^o]le, the part, or character, which gives the
title to a play, as the part of Hamlet in the play of that
name.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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