Tritagonist

noun

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

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deuteragonistprotagonist

Etymology

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

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