tragedian

English Thesaurus

1. an actor who specializes in tragic roles (noun.person)

hypernym	:	actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian,
definition	:	a theatrical performer (noun.person)

2. a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies (noun.person)

hypernym	:	author, writer,
definition	:	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (noun.person)