Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The character second in importance to the protagonist in classical Greek drama.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Gr. drama, an actor who played the second part, after that of the protagonist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person in a
secondary role, specifically the second most important character (after theprotagonist ).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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“Bruno, two cat eyes, pointy teeth, and mouse-gray hair with two bare spots, as if from alopecia or impetigo.” deuteragonist The person second in importance to the protagonist in a drama.
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“A deuteragonist in that little drama, I had a moment of doubt.”
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The two absolutely essential things are, in the first place, a certain charm of mind and even manner, which is a purely instinctive gift; and, in the second place, real sympathy with, real interest in the deuteragonist.
From a College Window Arthur Christopher Benson 1893
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The deuteragonist or secondary person can at times tell us more of them than circumstances at furious heat will help them to reveal; and the Dame will have him only as an index-post.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868
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The deuteragonist or secondary person can at times tell us more of them than circumstances at furious heat will help them to reveal; and the Dame will have him only as an index-post.
The Amazing Marriage — Complete George Meredith 1868
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The deuteragonist or secondary person can at times tell us more of them than circumstances at furious heat will help them to reveal; and the Dame will have him only as an index-post.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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(deuteragonist) by Aeschylus, and a third (tritagonist) by Sophocles.
qms commented on the word deuteragonist
To marry had long been his grail
But, wed, he is whirled in a gale.
Can you imagine this?
He's deuteragonist
In what had been his personal tale!
April 27, 2015
mat8iou commented on the word deuteragonist
Bizarrely, I learned this word from reading the Blaze and the Monster Machines page on wikia. Clealry the paes aren't written by the target audience of the cartoons.
February 28, 2018