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