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title role
noun
(in a play, opera, etc.) the role or character from which the title is derived.
She sang the title role in Carmen.
title role
noun
the role of the character after whom a play, etc, is named
Word History and Origins
Origin of title role1
Example Sentences
Kelsey, who has spent a good deal of his career impressively singing the title role around the world, is here weighed down by his costume.
Gyllenhaal also has appeared in several Broadway shows, most notably the title role of painter Georges Seurat in the 2017 revival of “Sunday in the Park With George.”
Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal and Jeff Bridges — who played the title role in “The Big Lebowski,” a classic film in which Los Angeles’ Westside is arguably the real star — all lost their homes, too.
February will also see the return of Bridget Jones, with Renée Zellweger once again taking on the title role for Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy.
Dafoe found his inner bloodsucker in this mischievous thriller, playing silent film actor Max Schreck as he gets a little too deep into the title role of the German Expressionist classic “Nosferatu.”
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