Dictionary

tritagonist en · NOUN

Etymology

Ancient Greek, originally in Greek drama, from ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”). By surface analysis, trit- (“third”) + agonist (“combatant, participant”).

Meanings

1. In Greek drama, the actor who played the third role (after the protagonist and deuteragonist)
2. The third most important character in a story, after the protagonist and deuteragonist

Forms

Coordinates

protagonist · deuteragonist

Translations (14)

de Tritagonist (third role) · ko 제삼배우 (third role) · ca tritagonista (third role) · sk tritagonista (third role) · fr tritagoniste (third role) · sh тритаго̀нист (third role) · az tritaqonist (third role) · sh tritagònist (third role) · de Tritagonistin (third role) · ru тритагонист (third role) · pt tritagonista (third role) · cs tritagonista (third role) · it tritagonista (third role) · es tritagonista (third role)