tritagonist
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ancient Greek, originally in Greek drama, from ἀγωνιστής (agōnistēs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”).
Surface analysis trit- + agonist (“combatant, participant”).
Noun[edit]
tritagonist (plural tritagonists)
- In Greek drama, the actor who played the third role (after the protagonist and deuteragonist)
