Tragedian

Definitions

1. An actor who specializes in tragic roles.
2. A playwright who writes tragedies.

Equivalents

Examples

“Euen thoſe you were wont to take⟳ such delight in the Tragedians of the City.”

“And as for the separation scene from the child, while Becky was reciting it, Emmy retired altogether behind her pocket-handkerchief, so that the consummate little tragedian must have⟳ been charmed to see⟳ the effect which her performance produced on her audience.”

“Greene died of a debauch; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.”

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