noun
- the main characters in stories, novels, plays, or movies
- the leading supporters or champions of a cause or movement
Usage: plural of protagonist
Usage: formal
Examples
- The novel features two protagonists who struggle against injustice.
- Both protagonists in the play face difficult moral choices.
- The movie’s protagonists must work together to save their town.
- She studied the protagonists in Shakespeare’s tragedies.
- The protagonists of the civil rights movement inspired millions.
- These environmental activists became protagonists for climate action.