titular
adjective/ˈtɪtjələ(r)/
/ˈtɪtʃələr/
[only before noun]- (formal) having a particular title or status but no real power or authority synonym nominal
- the titular head of state
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- the titular character of a book, play, film, etc. is the one mentioned in the title synonym eponymous
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘existing only in name’): from French titulaire or modern Latin titularis, from titulus ‘inscription, title’.
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