acter

noun

act·​er ˈak-tər 

plural acters

: a play that has a specified number of acts

—used in combination

Arthur Miller's two one-acters, presented under the collective title "Danger: Memory!" at the Mitzi E. Newhouse, don't amount to much.

—Edith Oliver, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 1987

a two-acter

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

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