Auditioner

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An individual aiming to show their performance abilities for consideration in a role is known as a participant in an audition process
2. A person who seeks to display their artistic talents for assessment during a casting event is referred to as an audition seeker
3. Someone who presents their skills in a performance setting to be evaluated for a specific part

Etymology: Auditioner is a plain formation: the noun "audition" with the agent suffix "-er" attached, giving "one who auditions." The suffix has a long pedigree of its own. It passed into English through Middle English "-er" and Old French "-ier," which descended from the Latin "-arius," a suffix used for people tied to a trade or role, and it reached Old English as "-ere," so the same ending that marks a "baker" or "teacher" is the one doing the work here. The base word is the real story. "Audition" came into English from Latin "audire," meaning "to hear," so an auditioner is, at root, someone whose performance is heard and judged by listeners. The sense of a trial performance for a role developed from that idea of a hearing, which is why the stage meaning sits so naturally beside the older one of simply listening.

Synonyms: candidate, applicant, performer, entrant, contender