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protagonist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /pɹoʊˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/ (Canada, US)
  • /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/ (UK)
  • /pɹəʊˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/ (UK)
  • /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/ (Canada, US)
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  • /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής (prōtagōnistḗs, “a chief actor”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”). By surface analysis, prot- (“first”) + agonist (“combatant, participant”).

Meanings

  1. The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
  2. A leading person in a contest; a principal performer.
  3. (proscribed) 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. 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 198:

Forms

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Antonyms

antagonist · antagonist

Coordinates

tritagonist · deuteragonist

Deriveds

coprotagonist · protagonistic · nonprotagonist

Relateds

agonistes · agonist

Translations (99)

it protagonista (main character) · ar بَطَلَة (main character) · vi nữ chính (main character) · pl protagonista (main character) · es protagonista (main character) · pt protagonista (main character) · hu főszereplő (main character) · es protagonista (leading person in a contest) · hu főszereplő (leading person in a contest) · nl hoofdrolspeelster (leading person in a contest) · uk протагоні́стка (main character) · fi uranuurtaja (advocate) · gl protagonista (leading person in a contest) · az protaqonist (main character) · pl główny bohater (main character) · cmn 主角 (main character) · ka მთავარი პერსონაჟი (main character) · vi nam chính (main character) · es protagonista (advocate) · he מוֹבִיל (leading person in a contest) · pl protagonistka (leading person in a contest) · pt protagonista (leading person in a contest) · ko 주인공 (main character) · cmn 主人公 (main character) · fi esitaistelija (advocate) · bg гла́вна герои́ня (main character) · tr kahraman (main character) · nl protagonist (main character) · fr protagoniste (main character) · az baş qəhrəman (main character) · nb protagonist (main character) · de Held (main character) · eo ĉefrolulo (main character) · fi edelläkävijä (advocate) · nl hoofdrolspeler (leading person in a contest) · be гало́ўны геро́й (main character) · sv huvudperson (main character) · hu főhős (main character) · id pemeran utama (main character) · uk головна́ герої́ня (main character) · de Protagonist (main character) · fr héros (main character) · vi nhân vật chính (main character) · pl bohater (main character) · ar مُتَصَدِّر (leading person in a contest) · tr ana karakter (main character) · hy հերոս (main character) · fr héroïne (main character) · fi päähenkilö (main character) · sw mhusika mkuu (main character) · da hovedperson (main character) · el πρωταγωνιστής (main character) · ar بَطَل (main character) · mi kiritoa (leading person in a contest) · uk протагоні́ст (main character) · fi sankari (main character) · cs protagonista (main character) · pl protagonista (leading person in a contest) · mi kiritoa (main character) · be гало́ўная гераі́ня (main character) · az əsas qəhrəman (main character) · ka მთავარი მოქმედი პირი (main character) · uk головни́й геро́й (main character) · fi tienraivaaja (advocate) · pl protagonistka (main character) · el πρωταγωνιστής (leading person in a contest) · ca protagonista (main character) · nb protagonist (advocate) · gl protagonista (main character) · io protagonisto (main character) · pt protagonista (advocate) · he גִּבּוֹר (main character) · az əsas personaj (main character) · ms protagonis (leading person in a contest) · he דְּמוּת רָאשִׁית (main character) · ru гла́вная герои́ня (main character) · sv förkämpe (advocate) · id protagonis (main character) · sv förespråkare (advocate) · ja 主人公 (main character) · ca protagonista (leading person in a contest) · ro protagonist (main character) · ka პროტაგონისტი (main character) · ru протагони́стка (main character) · ru гла́вный геро́й (main character) · id tokoh utama (main character) · ckb پاڵەوان (main character) · bg гла́вен геро́й (main character) · eo ĉefpersono (main character) · et peategelane (main character) · ka მთავარი გმირი (main character) · ru протагони́ст (main character) · sv protagonist (main character) · de Hauptfigur (main character) · ms watak utama (main character) · ms protagonis (main character) · ms watak utama (leading person in a contest) · nb hovedperson (main character) · de Protagonistin (main character)

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