Usually means: Function or part someone plays.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word role:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. role: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. role: Merriam-Webster
  3. role: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. role: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. role: Collins English Dictionary
  6. role: Vocabulary.com
  7. Role, role: Wordnik
  8. role: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. role: Wiktionary
  10. role: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. role: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. role: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. role: Dictionary.com
  14. role: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. role: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Role (computer science), Role (disambiguation), Role (performing arts), Role, The Role: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Role: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. role: Rhymezone
  19. role: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. role: FreeDictionary.org
  21. role: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. role: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Literary Criticism (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. role: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. role: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. role: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. role: Sound Alike Words
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. role: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  3. ROLE: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. role: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. role: Anthropological Terms
  2. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Role, role: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A character or part played by a performer or actor.
noun:  The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
noun:  The function or position of something.
noun:  Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, or privileges
noun:  (grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.
noun:  (object-oriented programming) In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
noun:  (historical) An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.

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