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Dramatis personae

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The characters in a play or story; a list of them, usually arranged in order of first appearance, as protatic matter. plural, plural-normally

    "(The Devil enters like a sapphire wasp That flickers mica wings. He lifts a hand To brush away a disrespectful smile. Job’s wife sits up.) Job’s Wife ➢ Well, if we aren’t all here. Including me, the only Dramatis Personae needed to enact the problem."

  2. 2
    the actors in a play wordnet

Etymology

From Latin dramatis personae (literally “characters of the play”).

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