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English *noun*: protagonist
1.	protagonist (person) a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
		Samples	All their supporters came out for the game. They are friends of the library.
		Synonyms	admirer, booster, champion, friend, supporter
		Broader (hypernym)	advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent
		Narrower (hyponym)	anglophil, anglophile, believer, Boswell, cheerleader, Confederate, corporatist, endorser, enthusiast, Francophil, Francophile, free trader, functionalist, Graecophile, indorser, Jacobite, loyalist, mainstay, maintainer, New Dealer, partisan, partizan, philhellene, philhellenist, pillar, ratifier, Roundhead, seconder, Shavian, stalwart, subscriber, sustainer, sympathiser, sympathizer, toaster, truster, upholder, verifier, voucher, wassailer, well-wisher, Whig

2.	protagonist (person) the principal character in a work of fiction
		Synonyms	agonist
		Narrower (hyponym)	antihero
		Instance hypernym	character, fictional character, fictitious character

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