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tragedienne
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tra·ge·di·enne  (tr-jd-n)
n.
A woman who performs tragic roles in the theater.

[French, feminine of tragédien, tragedian, from Old French tragedian, from tragedie, tragedy; see tragedy.]
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Noun1.tragedienne - an actress who specializes in tragic rolestragedienne - an actress who specializes in tragic roles
actress - a female actor
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tragedienne [trədʒiːdɪˈen] Ntrágica f, actriz f trágica
tragedienne
n (= writer)Tragikerin f, → Tragödiendichterin f; (= actress)Tragödin f (geh), → Darstellerin ftragischer Rollen


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There is an alternative argument - and this is the standard praise of Emin - that she is one of the great tragediennes of our time, that she bears our grief for us, does our bedwetting for us, expresses life's anguish like no other contemporary artist.
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