About The Word Protagonist
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Protagonist
Protagonist Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Protagonist?
[n] the principal character in a work of fiction
[n] a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" Synonyms | Synonyms for Protagonist: admirer | booster | champion | friend | supporter Related Terms | Find terms related to Protagonist: See Also | advocate | advocator | anglophil | anglophile | antihero | believer | Boswell | character | Confederate | convert | endorser | enthusiast | exponent | fictional character | fictitious character | Francophil | Francophile | free trader | functionalist | Graecophile | Jacobite | loyalist | mainstay | maintainer | New Dealer | partisan | partizan | philhellene | philhellenist | pillar | proponent | ratifier | Roundhead | seconder | Shavian | stalwart | subscriber | sustainer | sympathiser | sympathizer | toaster | truster | upholder | verifier | voucher | wassailer | well-wisher | Whig Protagonist In Webster's Dictionary \Pro*tag"o*nist\, n. [Gr. ?; prw^tos first + ? an
actor, combatant, fr. ? a contest.]
One who takes the leading part in a drama; hence, one who
takes lead in some great scene, enterprise, conflict, or the
like.
Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great of modern
poetry. --De Quincey.
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