PROTAGONIST


Meaning of PROTAGONIST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prətægənɪst, AM proʊ- ]

( protagonists)

1.

Someone who is a protagonist of an idea or movement is a supporter of it. ( FORMAL )

...the main protagonists of their countries’ integration into the world market.

= proponent

≠ opponent

N-COUNT : oft N of n

2.

A protagonist in a play, novel, or real event is one of the main people in it. ( FORMAL )

...the protagonist of J. D. Salinger’s novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’...

N-COUNT

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