a person who writes tragedies for the theatre 悲剧作家 an actor in tragedies 悲剧演员
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a writer of tragedies): from Old French tragediane, from tragedie, via Latin from Greek tragōidia, apparently from tragos ‘goat’ (the reason remains unexplained) + ōidē ‘song, ode’.