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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Reacher Season 3 finds Alan Ritchson’s title character getting into big trouble from get-go in the latest chapter of the blockbuster Prime Video series, with an emphasis on big.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Kate Phillips will reprise her role as the title character in the new installment, which is set to begin filming this month in Belgrade, Serbia.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 19 Feb. 2025
Miss Scarlet will return for a sixth season with Kate Phillips (Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light) once again reprising her role as the title character.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
For the title character of the low-key charmer Olmo, those roadblocks shape a day of pivotal reversals and revelations, life-changing in the moment, perhaps, but especially in retrospect.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Kate Phillips will reprise her role as the title character in the new installment, which is set to begin filming this month in Belgrade, Serbia.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 19 Feb. 2025
Miss Scarlet will return for a sixth season with Kate Phillips (Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light) once again reprising her role as the title character.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
For the title character of the low-key charmer Olmo, those roadblocks shape a day of pivotal reversals and revelations, life-changing in the moment, perhaps, but especially in retrospect.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Title character.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/title%20character. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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