protagonist

About 2.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
2. noun A leading person in a contest; a principal performer.
3. noun An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action.
4. noun ↑ “protagonist”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
5. noun ↑ Pinker, Steven (2014), The Sense of Style, New York, New York: Penguin, →ISBN
6. noun ↑ Feloni, Richard (30 November 2015), “The 58 Most Commonly Misused Words and Phrases”, in The Independent‎, Independent Print Limited

Similar words

booster supporter champion friend admirer character narrator personage originator hero

Often followed by

of is in and who to as has was

Word family

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