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Webster 1913 Edition
Role
Role
,Rôle
Noun.
[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
. role
of philanthropistTitle role
, the part, or character, which gives the title to a play, as the part of Hamlet in the play of that name.