performer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
    performing artist.

WordNet

Per*form"er noun
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913