|draməd.ə̇spərˈsō(ˌ)nē, -äm-, -ˌnī, ÷ drə|mad.- noun plural
Etymology: New Latin, literally, people of a drama
1.
a. : the characters or actors in a drama or in a novel or poem
b. : a descriptive list of the characters in a drama ; especially : one printed at the beginning of the text of a drama
2. : the participants in an actual event or series of events