Jocasta, e.g., in "Oedipus Rex" (4)

I believe the answer is:

role

(Other definitions for role that I've seen before include "A part of lore" , "Duty" , "Playing part" , "Function; part" , "Part in play, film etc" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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