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==="Titular"=== The general [[noun phrase]] "title character" can be replaced with a descriptive [[noun]] or phrase which is then further described using the [[adjective]] "titular". For example, the title character of ''Dracula'' can be referred to as the book's "titular vampire",<ref>{{cite book|title=Blood Will Tell: Blood and Vampires as Metaphors in the Political and Popular Cultures of Great Britain, France, Germany and the United States, 1870--1914|page=131|first=Sara Libby|last=Robinson|date=2008}}</ref> the title character of ''[[Hamlet]]'' is the [[Prince Hamlet|"titular prince of Denmark"]],<ref>{{cite book|title=American Theatre: History, Context, Form|first=Theresa|last=Saxon|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=October 11, 2011}}</ref> and the title character of ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' is the "titular wizard".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grunge.com/165193/the-real-meaning-of-these-wizard-of-oz-characters/|title=The real meaning of these Wizard of Oz characters|last=Grimes|first=A. C.|website=Grunge.com|date=6 September 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y04MQEgHbZsC&pg=PA419|title=Historical Dictionary of American Cinema|last=Booker|first=Keith M.|date=2011-03-17|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7459-6|language=en}}</ref>
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