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tritagonist

tritagonist noun: in Greek drama, the actor who played the third role (after the protagonist and deuteragonist).

Noun

tritagonist (plural tritagonists)

  1. In Greek drama, the actor who played the third role (after the protagonist and deuteragonist)
  2. The third most important character in a story, after the protagonist and deuteragonist

Forms of tritagonist

pluraltritagonists

Origin of tritagonist

Ancient Greek, originally in Greek drama, from ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”). By surface analysis, trit- (“third”) + agonist (“combatant, participant”).

Questions about tritagonist

What does tritagonist mean?
Tritagonist means in Greek drama, the actor who played the third role (after the protagonist and deuteragonist).
What part of speech is tritagonist?
Tritagonist is a noun.
What is the plural of tritagonist?
The plural of tritagonist is tritagonists.

Words near tritagonist in the dictionary

  1. trit
  2. trit-
  3. Trita
  4. tritactic
  5. Tritaea
  6. tritagonist
  7. tritagonists
  8. tritan
  9. tritangent
  10. tritangential
  11. tritangents

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