chosen one

English

Noun

chosen one (plural chosen ones)

1. (informal, authorship) A character in a narrative work who is predestined to save the world or accomplish some other grand and heroic deed; 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: Auserwählter (de) m, Auserwählte (de) f, Auserkorener m, Auserkorene 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