protagonist : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: protagonist	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for protagonist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protagonist n a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" Synonym(s): supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend the principal character in a work of fiction Synonym(s): protagonist, agonist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Protagonist \Protag"onist\, n. [Gr. [?]; prw^tos first + [?] an actor, combatant, fr. [?] 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. Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great of modern poetry. --De Quincey.