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Definition of titular adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

titular

adjective
 
/ˈtɪtjələ(r)/
 
/ˈtɪtʃələr/
[only before noun]
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  1. (formal) having a particular title or status but no real power or authority synonym nominal
    • the titular head of state
  2. the titular character of a book, play, film, etc. is the one mentioned in the title synonym eponymous
    3. 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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