Associations to the word «Protagonist»

Wiktionary

PROTAGONIST, noun. The main character in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
PROTAGONIST, noun. A leading person in a contest; a principal performer.
PROTAGONIST, noun. An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action.

Dictionary definition

PROTAGONIST, noun. A person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library".
PROTAGONIST, noun. The principal character in a work of fiction.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats