protagonist

1. A person who backs a politician or a team etc. (synset 110697152)
   "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
   is a type of: advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
   subtypes:

   • anglophil, anglophile - an admirer of England and things English
   • believer, truster - a supporter who accepts something as true
   • boswell - a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds
   • cheerleader - an enthusiastic and vocal supporter
   • confederate - a supporter of the Confederate States of America
   • corporatist - a supporter of corporatism
   • enthusiast, partisan, partizan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
   • francophil, francophile - an admirer of France and everything French
   • free trader - an advocate of unrestricted international trade
   • functionalist - an adherent of functionalism
   • jacobite - a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
   • loyalist, stalwart - a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
   • new dealer - a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal
   • graecophile, philhellene, philhellenist - an admirer of Greece and everything Greek
   • mainstay, pillar - a prominent supporter
   • roundhead - a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War
   • seconder - someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote
   • shavian - an admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works
   • endorser, indorser, ratifier, subscriber - someone who expresses strong approval
   • sympathiser, sympathizer, well-wisher - someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful
   • toaster, wassailer - someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture
   • maintainer, sustainer, upholder - someone who upholds or maintains
   • verifier, voucher - someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
   • whig - a supporter of the American Revolution
   same as: admirer, booster, champion, friend, supporter
2. The principal character in a work of fiction (synset 110192465)
   is a type of: character, fictional character, fictitious character - an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
   subtypes: antihero - a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)
   same as: agonist

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