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title role
noun [C usually singular]Definition
(Definition of title role noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bill noun (NOTICE)
- billing noun (INFORMATION)
- bit part noun
- cameo noun (PERFORMANCE)
- cast noun (ACTORS)
- cast verb (ACTORS)
- casting couch noun
- cue noun (SIGNAL)
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- dramatize verb (THEATRE)
- opposite preposition
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- write sb out of sth phrasal verb
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