English Explanatory Dictionary

tritagonist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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

Word forms

tritagonist tritagonists

Etymology

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

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