chosen one

English

Noun

chosen one (plural chosen ones)

(authorship, informal) A character in a narrative work who is predestined to save the world or do some other grand and heroic accomplishment; one who is predestined to become the one
Many of these fantasy novels feature a main character portrayed as a chosen one who will save everyone else.
- 1999, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace:
  Qui-Gon: He... is the Chosen One. He... will bring balance... Train him.

Translations

character destined to save the world

Arabic: الْمُخْتَار m (al-muḵtār), الْمُخْتَارَة (ar) f (al-muḵtāra)
Catalan: l'elegit m, l'elegida f
Dutch: de ware m or f
French: l’élu m, l’élue f
German: der auserwählte m, die auserwählte f
Greek: εκλεκτός (el) m (eklektós), εκλεκτή (el) f (eklektí)
Hebrew: הנבחר m (ha-nivchár), הנבחרה f (ha-nivchará)
Hindi: चुना हुआ m (cunā huā), चुनी हुई f (cunī huī)
Italian: quello scelto m, quella scelta f, il prescelto m, la prescelta f
Japanese: 選ばれし者 (erabareshimono)
Korean: 선택된 자 (seontaekdoen ja)
Polish: wybraniec m
Portuguese: o escolhido m, a escolhida f
Russian: избранный (ru) m (izbrannyj)
Spanish: el elegido m, la elegida f
Swedish: den utvalde c

See also

Chosen People

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