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A role is: A realizable entity [snap:RealizableEntity], the manifestation of which brings about some result or end that is not essential to a continuant [snap:Continuant] in virtue of the kind of thing that it is, but that can be served or participated in by that kind of continuant [snap:Continuant] in some kinds of natural, social or institutional contexts.
 
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Basically, it pretty much means what you think it means. If you can stop doing it without stopping being yourself, it's a role. You can play the role of president, or person who is sitting in the corner. Being a two-legged mammal is not a role, however (and don't get started on what happens if you have to have a leg amputated).
 

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