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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.;
- Example: "all their supporters came out for the game"
- Example: "they are friends of the library"
[syn: supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend]

2. the principal character in a work of fiction;
[syn: protagonist, agonist]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Protagonist \Pro*tag"o*nist\, n. [Gr. prwtagonisth`s; prw^tos
   first + 'agonisth`s an actor, combatant, fr. 'agw`n 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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great of modern
         poetry.                                  --De Quincey.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

protagonist
    n 1: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their
         supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the
         library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion,
         admirer, booster, friend]
    2: the principal character in a work of fiction [syn:
       protagonist, agonist]