Found 2 items, similar to title role.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: title role
title role
n : the role of the character after whom the play is named [syn:
name part]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Title role
Role
\R[^o]le\, n. [F. See
Roll.]
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 r[^o]le of philanthropist.
[1913 Webster]
Title r[^o]le, the part, or character, which gives the
title to a play, as the part of Hamlet in the play of that
name.
[1913 Webster]