as in actor
one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)
had been a well-known Broadway trouper before making his screen debut
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Recent Examples of trouper
The cost and the inspiration Carol, it should be noted, is a trouper.
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Neal Rubin,
Detroit Free Press,
27 Oct. 2024
Even though his health was failing up and down through the last three or four tours, what a trouper.
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Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 Nov. 2023
Though Holly was being a trouper with just her mom in South Africa for her nuptials, the soon-to-be sister-in-law was considerate of Holly’s underlying emotions.
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Kelly Wynne,
Peoplemag,
19 Sep. 2023
The date of the show, Sept. 12, happens to be Ballerini’s 30th birthday, which shows that the country star is a trouper.
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Paul Grein,
Billboard,
6 Sep. 2023
See All Example Sentences for trouper
Neal Rubin,
Detroit Free Press,
27 Oct. 2024
Even though his health was failing up and down through the last three or four tours, what a trouper.
—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 Nov. 2023
Though Holly was being a trouper with just her mom in South Africa for her nuptials, the soon-to-be sister-in-law was considerate of Holly’s underlying emotions.
—
Kelly Wynne,
Peoplemag,
19 Sep. 2023
The date of the show, Sept. 12, happens to be Ballerini’s 30th birthday, which shows that the country star is a trouper.
—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
6 Sep. 2023
See All Example Sentences for trouper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trouper
Noun
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Rogue actors are one of several concerns.
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Does the answer lie instead in Hollywood—the gift of an epic project that fully captures the American experience without literally being American Experience, crafted by homegrown talent and brought to life by America’s favorite performers (British actors who learned the accent by watching Friends)?
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Last week, Wilkins was named as being a performer at a Freedom 250 event to be held in Belgium June 28, opening for the Zac Brown Band.
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Her collection preserves not only the traces of a public life, but evidence of a performer who refused to separate politics from performance and performance from ephemerality.
Noun
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The actress, 34, has had a lifetime to learn how to be in the presence of formidable figures; her father is Bono.
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During a conversation with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt at the cultural and community center 92NY, the 80-year-old actress was asked to share her thoughts on children and teenagers finding early fame as social media influencers.
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