Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The characters in a play or story.
- noun plural A list of the characters in a play or story.
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- noun A list of characters in a play, usually arranged in order of first appearance.
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- noun the actors in a play
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin drāmatis, genitive of drāma, drama + persōnae, pl. of persōna, character.]
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From Latin dramatis + personae
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johnmperry commented on the word dramatis personae
Dramatis personæ is a Latin phrase (literally 'the masks of the drama') used to refer collectively to the characters in a dramatic work—-commonly employed in various forms of theatre, and also on screen.
June 24, 2008