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name part

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noun

  1. another name for title role

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Epithets, though, are collaborative — which is appropriate because they’re part name, part role, part feeling.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2022

Writer-performer Ivy Jones’ solo show about a veteran actress forced to change her stage name; part of “Portraits of Humanity 2, a Solo Series.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2019

City Council, introduced the motion to name part of City Hall after her brother, former Mayor James K. Hahn.

From Washington Times • Jan. 10, 2018

Dr. Lamaze, himself, did not acknowledge Ms. Bing, never responded to her requests for an interview, despite the fact that she made his name part of the American vernacular.

From New York Times • May 17, 2015

They had been in name part of the Turkish Empire, and any European interference in their affairs was as much a question of European politics as the problems of the Balkans.

From The Expansion of Europe The Culmination of Modern History by Muir, Ramsay