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deuteragonist

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deu⋅ter⋅ag⋅o⋅nist

  [doo-tuh-rag-uh-nist, dyoo-]
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–noun
(in ancient Greece) the actor next in importance to the protagonist.
Origin:
1850–55; < Gk deuteragōnists. See deuter-, agonist
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deu·ter·ag·o·nist   (dōō'tə-rāg'ə-nĭst, dyōō-)   
n.  The character second in importance to the protagonist in classical Greek drama.

[Greek deuteragōnistēs, an actor of second-class parts : deuteros, second; see deu-1 in Indo-European roots + agōnistēs, actor; see protagonist.]
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