title character
noun
: the character in a book for which the book is named
the title character of the book Tom Sawyer
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Cal plays the best friend of Ferrell’s title character.
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Victoria Edel, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The series at the time focused on Hayley Mills, who played the title character, and her students at an Indianapolis junior high school.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
The film’s prospects of bringing home Oscar gold greatly diminished a week later, however, after when Karla Sofía Gascón – who plays the title character in the musical crime drama – was exposed for posting offensive tweets about George Floyd and Muslims between 2020 and 2021.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The studio pivoted, opting to redesign the title character and push the film’s release back three months to February 2020.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
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Victoria Edel, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The series at the time focused on Hayley Mills, who played the title character, and her students at an Indianapolis junior high school.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
The film’s prospects of bringing home Oscar gold greatly diminished a week later, however, after when Karla Sofía Gascón – who plays the title character in the musical crime drama – was exposed for posting offensive tweets about George Floyd and Muslims between 2020 and 2021.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The studio pivoted, opting to redesign the title character and push the film’s release back three months to February 2020.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Title character.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/title%20character. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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