titular

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈtɪtjʊlə/(UK)
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/ˈtɪtjʊlə/(UK) · /ˈtɪt͡ʃəlɚ/(US)

Definition of titular

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
  2. (not-comparable)Existing in name only; nominal.
    “If these magnific titles yet remain / Not merely titular.”
  3. (not-comparable)Named or referred to in the title.
    “Macbeth is a titular character.”
    “That story begins in rural Wyoming in 1963, when drifters Ennis and Jack are hired by a local rancher to herd sheep through grazing ground on the titular Brokeback Mountain.”

noun

  1. One who holds a title.
  2. The person from whom a church takes its special name; distinguished from a patron, who must be canonized or an angel.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Etymology tree Etruscanbor.? Latin titulus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin titulārisder. Middle French titulairebor. English titular Borrowed from Middle French titulaire, from Latin titulāris, from titulus (“title”).

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