tragedian
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Etymology edit
From Middle English tragedyen, from Old French tragediane (French tragédien).
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tragedian (plural tragedians)
- An actor who specializes in tragic roles.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 261:
- Euen thoſe you were wont to take such delight in the Tragedians of the City.
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter LXVI, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- And as for the separation scene from the child, while Becky was reciting it, Emmy retired altogether behind her pocket-handkerchief, so that the consummate little tragedian must have been charmed to see the effect which her performance produced on her audience.
- A playwright who writes tragedies.
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actor who specializes in tragic roles
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playwright who writes tragedies
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tragedian
- accusative singular of tragedia
Finnish edit
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tragedian
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French tragédien.
Noun edit
tragedian m (plural tragedieni, feminine equivalent tragediană)
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Declension of tragedian
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tragedian | tragedianul | (niște) tragedieni | tragedienii |
genitive/dative | (unui) tragedian | tragedianului | (unor) tragedieni | tragedienilor |
vocative | tragedianule | tragedienilor |