Noun: protagonist
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | protagonist |
| Pl. | protagonisten |
Sample Sentences
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1780, M. C. Curtius, Aristoteles Verhandeling over de dichtkunst, tr. from German, publ. by Arend Fokke Simonsz., page 105.
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Hy voerde nog een perſoon in, en verdeelde het Treurſpel in twee rollen, van welke de eerste Acteur de hoofdrol ſpeelde en daarvan de Protagonist heette; (He introduced another character and divided the tragedy into two roles, the first of which was played by the leading actor, who was called the protagonist.)
Nouns inflected like protagonist
motiveering,
Duitse herdershond,
urilift,
vervolmaking,
elektrische spanning,
ovenfriet,
winteravond,
weervrouw,
besteding,
bloemenveiling,
vertakking,
tintinofiel,
synaps,
olieraffinaderij,
vliegtuigkaping,
sawaslang,
verzetting,
afrondfout,
druivenoogst,
wintermaand, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Derived from French protagoniste, ultimately from Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής (prōtagōnistḗs). See: French Nouns '
protagoniste', Ancient Greek Nouns '
πρωταγωνιστής'.
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