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/tˈaɪtəl roʊl/ Listen

noun

Role n. A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of philanthropist.

Title role, the part, or character, which gives the title to a play, as the part of Hamlet in the play of that name.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... days—Booth, Forrest, Cooper, Hamblin, and John R. Scott, for instance. At that time and here George Jones ("Count Joannes") was a young, handsome actor, and quite a favorite. I remember seeing him in the title role in "Julius Caesar," and a capital ...

— Complete Prose Works - Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy • Walt Whitman