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Performer

One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Artiste 76% connected

One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.

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Comedian 76% connected

An actor or player in comedy.

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Comic 76% connected

Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.

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Conjurer 76% connected

One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.

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Conjuror 76% connected

One bound by a common oath with others.

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Dancer 76% connected

One who dances or who practices dancing.

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Executant 76% connected

One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument.

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Histrion 76% connected

A player.

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Illusionist 76% connected

One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.

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Instrumentalist 76% connected

One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.

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Juggler 76% connected

One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.

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Magician 76% connected

One skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer.

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Minstrel 76% connected

In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other ins…

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Monologist 76% connected

One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation in company.

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Musician 76% connected

One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.

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Peeler 76% connected

One who peels or strips.

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Player 76% connected

One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

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Prestidigitator 76% connected

One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.

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Savoyard 76% connected

A native or inhabitant of Savoy.

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Star 76% connected

One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.

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Stripper 76% connected

One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards.

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Terpsichorean 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Terpsichore; of or pertaining to dancing.

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Thespian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the Thespian art.

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Ventriloquist 76% connected

One who practices, or is skilled in, ventriloquism.

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Entertainer 76% connected

One who entertains.

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Perform 74% connected

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

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Perform 74% connected

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

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