protagonist

Etymology
From, from +. .

Noun

 * 1)  The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
 * 2) A leading person in a contest; a principal performer.
 * 3)  An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action.
 * 1)  An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action.

Usage notes
The use of protagonist to mean a proponent or supporter of a cause is a 20th century development that may have been influenced by the misunderstanding that the first syllable of the word is the prefix pro-, meaning favouring. This usage is widely considered to be erroneous.

Translations

 * Arabic: بَطَل, بَطَلَة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: гало́ўны геро́й, гало́ўная гераі́ня
 * Bulgarian: гла́вен геро́й, гла́вна герои́ня
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: hovedperson
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ĉefrolulo, ĉefpersono
 * Estonian: nutikas
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მთავარი გმირი, მთავარი პერსონაჟი, მთავარი მოქმედი პირი, პროტაგონისტი
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Malay: protagonis,
 * Maori: kiritoa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hovedperson, protagonist
 * Polish:, , , główny bohater
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: гла́вный геро́й, гла́вная герои́ня, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: ana karakter,
 * Ukrainian: головни́й геро́й, головна́ герої́ня, протагоні́ст, протагоні́стка
 * Vietnamese: nam chính (男正), nữ chính (女正) , nhân vật chính


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Malay: protagonis,
 * Maori: kiritoa
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: esitaistelija,, , tienraivaaja
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: protagonist
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * , main character
 * 1) * 1780, M. C. Curtius, Aristoteles Verhandeling over de dichtkunst, tr. from German, publ. by Arend Fokke Simonsz., page 105.
 * "nl"

- Hy voerde nog een perſoon in, en verdeelde het Treurſpel in twee rollen, van welke de eerste Acteur de hoofdrol ſpeelde en daarvan de Protagonist heette;



Etymology
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Noun

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