typecast
verb (used with object)
to cast (a performer) in a role that requires characteristics of physique, manner, personality, etc., similar to those possessed by the performer.
typecaster
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a word derived from
typecast.
Example Sentences
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Where would be the savant without the publisher; the printer without the typecaster and the machinist; and these, in their turn, without a multitude of other industries?...
From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
