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tritagonist

[ trih-tag-uh-nist ]

noun

  1. (in ancient Greece) the third member of an acting troupe, which always consisted of three actors. Compare protagonist ( def 4 ), deuteragonist.


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Origin of tritagonist1

1885–90; < Greek ³Ù°ù¾±³Ù²¹²µÅ²Ô¾±²õ³Ùḗs, equivalent to trit ( ó²õ ) third + ²¹²µÅ²Ô¾±²õ³Ùḗs actor, competitor, agent derivative of ²¹²µÅ²Ôí³ú±ð²õ³Ù³ó²¹¾± to contend, struggle, compete for the acting prize
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Jake also began pursuing a career in Hollywood and eventually landed the starring role of Dirk Mann, a self-proclaimed "internet daredevil" and tritagonist in the Disney Channel comedy show "Bizaardvark."

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Daniels in HBO’s “ The Wire†and the tritagonist hotel concierge Charon in the “John Wick†movies.

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The second episode in the series, airing Sunday, shows the tale’s tritagonist Fantine at her lowest point: she’s cut off all of her hair and sold it, along with her front teeth, in exchange for a measly sum of money to send to the Thenardiers, a pair of cruel grifters with whom she’s left her daughter.

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Tritagonist, tri-tag′on-ist, n. the third actor in the Greek drama.

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In the time of Thespis the whole of the tragedy was sung and acted by the chorus, while one single actor, called the protagonist, delivered a speech or two, unaccompanied by any music, bearing on the subject of the play. �schylus introduced a second actor, the deuteragonist; Sophocles even a third, the tritagonist.

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