monologuist

noun

variants or monologist
Definition of monologuistnext
as in performer

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  1. leading lady
  2. leading man
  3. tragedian
  4. star
Noun
  • There's a new age of film, and some of Hollywood's leading ladies are here for it.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024
  • In each, the real culprit causing the leading lady to turn into Manjulika, the unhinged spirit of a royal dancer, was eventually identified as dissociative identity disorder.
    Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of leading lady
Noun
  • An Irish actor who’s wowed audiences with delicate, intimate performances in Normal People, Aftersun, and All of Us Strangers, and who’s already inspired numerous Reddit threads devoted to his thighs, Mescal is given a chance to step up as an old-school, matinee-idol leading man here.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
  • How can a leading man so steeped in American iconography have taken so long to make a Western?
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of leading man
Noun
  • In the play, written by the ancient Greek tragedian circa 420 BC, Elektra, haunted by her father’s assassination, is consumed by grief; a need for survival; and a thirst for vengeance.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The archaic poet Sappho, from the island of Lesbos, showed the vitality of desire for other women, while the playwright Aristophanes (the very one featured in Plato’s Symposium) presented the tragedian Agathon seeking to understand the experience of women by dressing like one.
    Sarah Nooter / Made by History, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
Definition of tragedian
Noun
  • Defensive coordinator Robert Livingston’s unit had an array of stars on Saturday.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The city is expecting 500,000 tourists for the pop star’s six-night, two-weekend stand of her Eras tour.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of star
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