protagonist

noun
/pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/UK/pɹoʊˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/CA/pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής (prōtagōnistḗs, “a chief actor”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”). By surface analysis, prot- (“first”) + agonist (“combatant, participant”).

Definitions

  1. The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work…

    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 leading person in a contest; a principal performer.

  3. An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at protagonist. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at protagonist. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at protagonist

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA