prologistn.
/ˈprəʊləɡɪst/, /ˈprəʊlədʒɪst/, /ˈprɒləɡɪst/, /ˈprɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈproʊləɡəst/, /ˈproʊˌlɔɡəst/, /ˈproʊˌlɑɡəst/, /ˈproʊlədʒəst/ = prologuist n.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor playing specific type of part
ruffy1502
chorus1561
prologuer1570
prologue1579
turquet1625
woman actor1633
underpart1679
epilogist1716
prologist1716
epiloguizer1748
old man1762
prologuizer1762
buffo1764
extrac1777
jeune premier1817
primo buffo1826
character actor1841
utility man1849
deuteragonist1855
character comedian1857
bit playera1859
utility actor1860
serio-comic1866
juvenile lead1870
serio-comique1870
heavy1880
utility1885
thinker1886
onnagata1889
serio1889
juvenile1890
tritagonist1890
oyama1925
juve1935
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > prologue or introduction > writer of
prefacer1616
prologuist1638
prolegomenist1731
prologizer1780
prologist1828
prefator1872
programmatist1895
1716 M. Davies Diss. Author & Oecon. Lat. Drama 5 in Athenæ Britannicæ III The following Play..The Prologist and Epilogist represent the whole Course of Literature.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. xii. 326 Such a prologist as Sir Dudley seemed scarcely to threaten.
1886 Catholic World June 293 The chorus had quite an insignificant rôle, and the Prologist appeared only before the acts.
1915 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 30 328 Only this time it is not a nameless prologist, but the central figure of the Tale herself, who employs ‘the antidote against Sloth’.
1999 Information Technol. & Libraries 18 73/1 What sense does it make for the user to find a slash followed by the names of translators, prologists, and others that contributed in some way to the document?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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