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TRAGEDIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tragedian mean?
• TRAGEDIAN (noun)
The noun TRAGEDIAN has 2 senses:
1. a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
2. an actor who specializes in tragic roles
Familiarity information: TRAGEDIAN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("tragedian" is a kind of...):
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
An actor who specializes in tragic roles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("tragedian" is a kind of...):
actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)
Context examples
'Is that a dagger that I see before me? muttered Jo, rolling her eyes and clutching at the air, as she had seen a famous tragedian do.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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