Meanings
plural chosen ones
- informalauthorshipA 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.
2 more examples
Qui-Gon: He... is the Chosen One. He... will bring balance... Train him.
1999, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom MenaceOver the last five or six years, China's made $500 billion. 500 billion. Ripped it out of the United States. And not only that, if you take a look, intellectual property theft, add that to it and add a lot of other things to it. So, somebody- excuse me. Somebody had to do it. I am the chosen one. Somebody had to do it.
2019 August 21, 1:14 from the start, in President Trump: "I am the chosen one.", spoken by Donald Trump, C-SPAN
Translations
Arabic الْمُخْتَار, الْمُخْتَارَة
- الْمُخْتَار (al-muḵtār)character destined to save the world
- الْمُخْتَارَة (al-muḵtāra)character destined to save the world
Catalan l'elegit, l'elegida
- l'elegitcharacter destined to save the world
- l'elegidacharacter destined to save the world
Dutch de ware
- de warecharacter destined to save the world
French l'élu, l'élue
- l'élucharacter destined to save the world
- l'éluecharacter destined to save the world
German Auserwählter, Auserwählte
- Auserwähltercharacter destined to save the world
- Auserwähltecharacter destined to save the world
- Auserkorenercharacter destined to save the world
- Auserkorenecharacter destined to save the world
Greek εκλεκτός, εκλεκτή
- εκλεκτός (eklektós)character destined to save the world
- εκλεκτή (eklektí)character destined to save the world
Hebrew הנבחר, הנבחרה
- הנבחר (ha-nivchár)character destined to save the world
- הנבחרה (ha-nivchará)character destined to save the world
Hindi चुना हुआ, चुनी हुई
- चुना हुआ (cunā huā)character destined to save the world
- चुनी हुई (cunī huī)character destined to save the world
Hungarian kiválasztott
- kiválasztottcharacter destined to save the world
Italian quello scelto, quella scelta
- quello sceltocharacter destined to save the world
- quella sceltacharacter destined to save the world
- il presceltocharacter destined to save the world
- la presceltacharacter destined to save the world
Japanese 選ばれし者
- 選ばれし者 (erabareshimono)character destined to save the world
Korean 선택된 자
- 선택된 자 (seontaekdoen ja)character destined to save the world
Polish wybraniec
- wybranieccharacter destined to save the world
Portuguese o escolhido, a escolhida
- o escolhidocharacter destined to save the world
- a escolhidacharacter destined to save the world
Russian избранный
- избранный (izbrannyj)character destined to save the world
Spanish el elegido, la elegida
- el elegidocharacter destined to save the world
- la elegidacharacter destined to save the world
Swedish den utvalde
- den utvaldecharacter destined to save the world
Tagalog itinakda
- itinakdacharacter destined to save the world
Thai ผู้ถูกเลือก
- ผู้ถูกเลือก (pûu-tùuk-lʉ̂ʉak)character destined to save the world
Cite this entry
chosen one. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chosen%20one
“chosen one.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chosen%20one. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chosen one,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chosen%20one.
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