Protagonism
noun
1.
the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
2.
a proponent for or advocate of a political cause, social program, etc.
3.
the leader or principal person in a movement, cause, etc.
4.
the first actor in ancient Greek drama, who played not only the main role, but also other roles when the main character was offstage.
Compare deuteragonist, tritagonist.
5.
Physiology. agonist.
noun
1.
the principal character in a play, story, etc
2.
a supporter, esp when important or respected, of a cause, political party, etc
protagonist [(proh-tag-uh-nist)]
The principal character in a literary work. Hamlet, for example, is the protagonist of the play by William Shakespeare that bears his name.
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