tritagonist

Ancient Greek, originally in Greek drama, from ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”). By surface analysis, trit- (“third”) +‎ agonist (“combatant, participant”).

tritagonist (plural tritagonists)

1. In Greek drama, the actor who played the third role (after the protagonist and deuteragonist)
2. The third most important character in a story, after the protagonist and deuteragonist

• protagonist
• deuteragonist

• IPA^(key): /tritaɡǒnist/
• Hyphenation: tri‧ta‧go‧nist

tritagònist m anim (Cyrillic spelling тритаго̀нист)

1. tritagonist

• “tritagonist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025