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chosen one en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (informal) A character in a narrative work who is predestined to save the world or accomplish some other grand and heroic deed; one who is predestined to become the one.
   • Qui-Gon: He... is the Chosen One. He... will bring balance... Train him. 1999, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace:
   • Over the last five or six years, China's made $500 billion. 500 billion. Ripped it out of the United States. And not only that, if you take a look, intellectual property theft, add that to it and add a lot of other things to it. So, somebody- excuse me. Somebody had to do it. I am the chosen one. Somebody had to do it. 2019 August 21, 1:14 from the start, in President Trump: "I am the chosen one.", spoken by Donald Trump, C-SPAN:
   • Many of these fantasy novels feature a main character portrayed as a chosen one who will save everyone else.

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Chosen People

Translations (33)

nl de ware (character destined to save the world) · ar الْمُخْتَارَة (character destined to save the world) · de Auserwählter (character destined to save the world) · tl itinakda (character destined to save the world) · el εκλεκτός (character destined to save the world) · he הנבחרה (character destined to save the world) · pl wybraniec (character destined to save the world) · es el elegido (character destined to save the world) · el εκλεκτή (character destined to save the world) · ca l'elegida (character destined to save the world) · it il prescelto (character destined to save the world) · ar الْمُخْتَار (character destined to save the world) · it quella scelta (character destined to save the world) · hu kiválasztott (character destined to save the world) · fr l'élu (character destined to save the world) · th ผู้ถูกเลือก (character destined to save the world) · ja 選ばれし者 (character destined to save the world) · hi चुना हुआ (character destined to save the world) · de Auserkorener (character destined to save the world) · es la elegida (character destined to save the world) · ko 선택된 자 (character destined to save the world) · sv den utvalde (character destined to save the world) · it quello scelto (character destined to save the world) · he הנבחר (character destined to save the world) · ru избранный (character destined to save the world) · de Auserkorene (character destined to save the world) · hi चुनी हुई (character destined to save the world) · de Auserwählte (character destined to save the world) · fr l'élue (character destined to save the world) · pt a escolhida (character destined to save the world) · ca l'elegit (character destined to save the world) · it la prescelta (character destined to save the world) · pt o escolhido (character destined to save the world)