"tragedian" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɹəˈd͡ʒidiən/ [US] Forms: tragedians [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English tragedyen, from Old French tragediane (French tragédien). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tragedyen}} Middle English tragedyen, {{der|en|fro|tragediane}} Old French tragediane, {{cog|fr|tragédien}} French tragédien Head templates: {{en-noun}} tragedian (plural tragedians)
  1. An actor who specializes in tragic roles. Categories (topical): People, Theater Translations (actor who specializes in tragic roles): τραγῳδός (tragōidós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), трагически актьор (tragičeski aktjor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), traagikko (Finnish), tragédien [masculine] (French), tragédienne [feminine] (French), ტრაგიკოსი (ṭragiḳosi) (Georgian), Tragöde [masculine] (German), Tragödin [feminine] (German), τραγωδός (tragodós) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), aisteoir traigéide [masculine] (Irish), tragediografo [masculine] (Italian), tragedo [masculine] (Italian), tragédgien [masculine] (Norman), tràgičār [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), тра̀гича̄р [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-tragedian-en-noun-PNV9r7uF Disambiguation of People: 69 31 Disambiguation of Theater: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'actor who specializes in tragic roles': 93 7
  2. A playwright who writes tragedies. Translations (playwright who writes tragedies): τραγῳδιογράφος (tragōidiográphos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), tragediógrafo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tragedian-en-noun-5D1I3WLB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'playwright who writes tragedies': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tragedist Related terms: tragedienne Coordinate_terms: comedian

Inflected forms

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