protagonist

UK /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/ US /pɹoʊˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

aware, clear, insurmountable, main, new, novel, plain, still

VERB + PROTAGONIST

book, designed, features, happens, name, sees, swashbuckling

PROTAGONIST + NOUN

antagonist, isekaied, netflix, odds, story, web

PREP.

in, through

Definitions

noun

The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.

A leading person in a contest; a principal performer.

An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action.

It was toward the end of the sixteenth century that the communities in Venice, Mantua, Ferrara, Padua, and Casale Monferrato, inspired by the Renaissance music, wanted to introduce some modernization into the service. The greatest protagonist of the idea was the encyclopedic Jewish scholar Leon of Modena.

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Synonyms

noun — the principal character in a work of fiction

agonist

noun — a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

It was toward the end of the sixteenth century that the communities in Venice, Mantua, Ferrara, Padua, and Casale Monferrato, inspired by the Renaissance music, wanted to introduce some modernization

Wiktionary

However the protagonist is aware of his own mistakes.

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A protagonist as plain and ordinary as him is rare indeed.

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As the play develops, the real motives of the protagonist become clear.

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Alain is the human protagonist of the novel.

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Raskolnikov is the protagonist of the book "Crime and Punishment", written by Dostoevsky.

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