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Definition of Tragedian
1. Noun. A writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies.
2. Noun. An actor who specializes in tragic roles.
Definition of Tragedian
1. n. A writer of tragedy.
Definition of Tragedian
1. Noun. An actor who specializes in tragic roles. ¹
2. Noun. A playwright who writes tragedies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tragedian
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tragedian
Literary usage of Tragedian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"The stock rose to sixty-five dollars a foot, and at this figure the world-renowned
tragedian, McKean Buchanan, bought a commanding interest and prepared to ..."
2. "Polly Peachum": Being the Story of Lavinia Fenton (duchess of Bolton) and by Charles E. Pearce (1913)
"Another tragedian with similar cravings was Digges, who in the parts with which
he was ... According to Parke, this is how the tragedian rendered the ..."
3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"Once when the great tragedian was starring at Boston, at the Howard ...
scornfully echoed the tragedian. " I'll tell you what it is, sir. ..."
4. The Theatre: An Essay Upon the Non-accordancy of Stage-plays with the by Josiah Woodward Leeds (1884)
"Remorse of a dying tragedian. A writer upon the theatre has tersely said: " The
good self of the actor's personality must for the time being be lost in the ..."
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