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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  title role
       n : the role of the character after whom the play is named [syn:
            name part]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  title role
     n.
     The part of a movie, play, or television show, from which the work's
  title is taken.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  title role
     n.
     The part of a movie, play, or television show, from which the work's
  title is taken.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  title role
     n.
     The part of a movie, play, or television show, from which the work's
  title is taken.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  title role
     n.
     The part of a movie, play, or television show, from which the work's
  title is taken.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  title role
     Englanti n.
     nimiosa, nimirooli

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  title role /tˈaɪtəl ɹˈəʊl/
  Titelrolle , Hauptrolle 
     Synonym: main part
  
   see: title roles, main parts
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 剧名角色

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