protagonist
pronunciation
How to pronounce protagonist in British English:
UK [prəˈtægənɪst]
How to pronounce protagonist in American English:
US [proˈtæɡənɪst]
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- Noun:
- a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
- the principal character in a work of fiction
Word Origin
- protagonist (n.)
- 1670s, "principal character in a story, drama, etc.," from Greek protagonistes "actor who plays the chief or first part," from protos "first" (see proto-) + agonistes "actor, competitor," from agon "contest" (see act (n.)). Meaning "leading person in any cause or contest" is from 1889. Mistaken sense of "advocate, supporter" (1935) is from misreading of Greek protos as Latin pro- "for."
Example
- 1. Why did you make the protagonist of the alchemist a family man ?
- 2. The second third escalates the stakes and forces the protagonist to take bigger risks .
- 3. We all have an inner rebecca bloomwood , the protagonist in the shopaholic series .
- 4. But its pace and structure fail to compensate for mr berenson 's shallow protagonist .
- 5. As those investment soured over the years , the protagonist may have begun to look for ways to realise their unrealised losses .