protagonistnoun [ C ]
uk/prəˈtæɡ.ən.ɪst/us/prəˈtæɡ.ən.ɪst/protagonist noun [ C ] (SUPPORTER)
an important supporter of an idea or political system:
Key protagonists of the revolution were hunted down and executed.
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antagonist
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Supporters, members & defenders
- -arian
- -ista
- apologist
- apparatchik
- benefactor
- cadre
- camp follower
- campaigner
- cardholder
- champion
- chaperone
- cohort
- company man
- contributor
- evolutionist
- initiate
- new/fresh blood idiom
- referee
- renegade
- respecter
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protagonist noun [ C ] (CHARACTER)
C2 literature, theatre & film formal one of the main characters in a story or a play
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Literature
- alliteration
- antihero
- arch-villain
- baddy
- ballad
- bard
- dramatist
- epigram
- hero
- heroine
- iambic
- ingénue
- limerick
- poetry
- prose poem
- prosody
- psalm
- quatrain
- stylistics
- tragicomedy
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