tragedian en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /tɹəˈd͡ʒidiən/ (US)
Etymology
From Middle English tragedyen, from Old French tragediane (French tragédien), equivalent to tragedy + -ian.
Meanings
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An actor who specializes in tragic roles.
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.
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter LXVI, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:Euen thoſe you were wont to take such delight in the Tragedians of the City.
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:Greene died of a debauch; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.
1902, Thomas Ebenezer Webb, The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence, page 242:
- A playwright who writes tragedies.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tragedians | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (21)
it tragedo (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · sh тра̀гича̄р (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · fr tragédien (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · de Tragöde (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · it tragediografo (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · sh tràgičār (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · de Tragödin (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · grc τραγῳδός (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · nrf tragédgien (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · sv tragöd (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · fi traagikko (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · ga aisteoir traigéide (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · sv tragöd (playwright who writes tragedies) · sv tragiker (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · fr tragédienne (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · bg трагически актьор (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · es tragediógrafo (playwright who writes tragedies) · grc τραγῳδιογράφος (playwright who writes tragedies) · ka ტრაგიკოსი (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · el τραγωδός (actor who specializes in tragic roles) · sv tragiker (playwright who writes tragedies)