name part

noun

the role of the character after whom the play is named

• Syn: ↑title role

• Hypernyms: ↑character, ↑role, ↑theatrical role, ↑part, ↑persona

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noun

: the title role in a play

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name part noun

The part that gives title to a play, title-role

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Main Entry: ↑name

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name part,

an important part in a play or motion picture, as that of the principal character, often having the same name as the title of the work: »

He was asked to play the name part in Sherwood's “Abe Lincoln in Illinois.”