Usually means: Actor, often with exaggerated behavior.
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  1. histrion: Merriam-Webster
  2. histrion: Collins English Dictionary
  3. histrion: Vocabulary.com
  4. histrion: Wordnik
  5. histrion: Wiktionary
  6. Histrion, histrion: Dictionary.com
  7. Histrion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. histrion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. histrion: Rhymezone
  10. Histrion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. histrion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. histrion: FreeDictionary.org
  13. histrion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Histrion: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (obsolete) A stage actor.

Similar:
thespian, actor, player, role player, histrionism, hysterick, historic, histrionicity, hysteric, hysteriac, more...

Opposite:
stoic, unemotional, calm, composed, serene

Types:
melodramatic, theatrical, exaggerated, over-the-top, dramatic, flamboyant, showy, ostentatious, more...

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Similar:
thespian, actor, player, role player, histrionism, hysterick, historic, histrionicity, hysteric, hysteriac, more...

Opposite:
stoic, unemotional, calm, composed, serene

Types:
melodramatic, theatrical, exaggerated, over-the-top, dramatic, flamboyant, showy, ostentatious, more...



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