Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who performs tragic roles in the theater.
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- noun A
female tragedian ; awoman who acts intragic drama .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Tiffany presents Paris Vignettes posted at tragedienne, saying, In the summer of 1999 when I was 20 years old, I went on a study abroad trip to Paris with my cousin Danielle, sponsored by her school, Tulane University.
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Nobody wanted their little princesses to live the life of the great French tragedienne, with her denial of moral constraint, her ridiculous traveling menagerie and her monumental myth-making.
Actress, Seductress Norman Lebrecht 2010
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Olga Averbuch — strong-headed Jewess, suffering tragedienne — contains multitudes and stories.
Writing from the Contact Zone: Posthumanism in literature and theory Lemon Hound 2009
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The first Rita is French, she was an exotic dancer of the generation of previously mentioned Rita Renoir, the tragedienne of strippers.
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Via Zines, a lovely series of portraits of nobrow strip-teaseuse Rita Renoir, the tragedienne of strippers.
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The first Rita is French, she was an exotic dancer of the generation of previously mentioned Rita Renoir, the tragedienne of strippers.
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Via Zines, a lovely series of portraits of nobrow strip-teaseuse Rita Renoir, the tragedienne of strippers.
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Via Zines, a lovely series of portraits of nobrow strip-teaseuse Rita Renoir, the tragedienne of strippers.
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Rita is French, she was an exotic dancer of the generation of previously mentioned Rita Renoir, the tragedienne of strippers.
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Jennifer Bostock, a precocious young scientist from New York clad in a vintage velvet dress that gave her the appearance of a slightly aggrieved Gothic tragedienne, swung around from her desk.
Soul Learner_Tobsha 2006
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