title character

noun

: the character in a book for which the book is named
the title character of the book Tom Sawyer

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The title character and his fellow physicists spend much of their early years refusing to work for the Soviet military machine; building bombs would corrupt the purity and beauty of their science. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026 According to sources close to the project, Cohen will portray the title character when The Popinjay Cavalier lands at an as-yet-undisclosed West End venue in spring 2027. Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 Brownlee sang the title character, a tyrannical leader who spreads rumors of his death to discover if his sons are in love with his fiancée Aspasia. ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026 The title character was lieutenant governor of an unnamed, generic state, who became governor when the movie's governor resigned to take a cabinet post in the incoming Obama administration. Whitman Littlefield, The Providence Journal, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for title character

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“Title character.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/title%20character. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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