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tragedian

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tragedian (feminine), tragedienne
1. an actor who specializes in tragic roles
2. a writer of tragedy


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It was when the face and figure of a great tragedian began to haunt her imagination and stir her senses.
As Mr Folair was pretty well known among his fellow-actors for a man who delighted in mischief, and was by no means scrupulous, Nicholas had not much doubt but that he had secretly prompted the tragedian in the course he had taken, and, moreover, that he would have carried his mission with a very high hand if he had not been disconcerted by the very unexpected demonstrations with which it had been received.
To write Captain Jim's life-book as it should be written one should be a master of vigorous yet subtle style, a keen psychologist, a born humorist and a born tragedian.
 
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