stock character
noun
a character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring no development by the writer.
Origin of stock character
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby stock character
stock and station agent,
stock boy,
stock buyback,
stock car,
stock certificate,
stock character,
stock clerk,
stock company,
stock culture,
stock dividend,
stock dove