Tragedian
[trə'dʒiːdɪən] or [trə'dʒidɪən]
Definition
(noun.) an actor who specializes in tragic roles.
(noun.) a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies.
Editor: Noreen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A writer of tragedy.
(n.) An actor or player in tragedy.
Editor: Olivia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Actor (of tragedy), tragic actor.
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Examples
- Verily, then, tragedy is a wise thing and Euripides a great tragedian. Plato. The Republic.
- The old poets, and in later time the tragedians, showed no want of respect for the family, on which much of their religion was based. Plato. The Republic.
- Forrest and John McCullough were playing at the National Theatre, and when our capital was sufficient we would go to see those eminent tragedians alternate in Othello and Iago. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I fear that I must have been talking darkly, like the tragedians. Plato. The Republic.
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