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"(authorship) The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama."
],
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"authorship",
"broadcasting",
"communications",
"film",
"journalism",
"literature",
"media",
"publishing",
"television",
"writing"
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "baṭal",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بَطَل"
},
{
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"roman": "baṭala",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بَطَلَة"
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "heros",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "հերոս"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "halóŭny hjerój",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гало́ўны геро́й"
},
{
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "halóŭnaja hjeraínja",
"sense": "main character",
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],
"word": "гало́ўная гераі́ня"
},
{
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"roman": "gláven gerój",
"sense": "main character",
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"word": "гла́вен геро́й"
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"roman": "glávna geroínja",
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],
"word": "гла́вна герои́ня"
},
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"sense": "main character",
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"masculine"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǔjué",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "主角"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǔréngōng",
"sense": "main character",
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"sense": "main character",
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "main character",
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"word": "hovedperson"
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"sense": "main character",
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "ĉefrolulo"
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{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "ĉefpersono"
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{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "nutikas"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "päähenkilö"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "sankari"
},
{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "main character",
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"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
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"word": "héros"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "héroïne"
},
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"lang": "Galician",
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{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mtavari gmiri",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "მთავარი გმირი"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mtavari ṗersonaži",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "მთავარი პერსონაჟი"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mtavari mokmedi ṗiri",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "მთავარი მოქმედი პირი"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗroṭagonisṭi",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "პროტაგონისტი"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Protagonist"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Protagonistin"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hauptfigur"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Held"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "protagonistís",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "πρωταγωνιστής"
},
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"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dmut rashít",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "דְּמוּת רָאשִׁית"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gibor",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גיבור \\ גִּבּוֹר"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "főszereplő"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "főhős"
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{
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "main character",
"word": "protagonisto"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "protagonis"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "tokoh utama"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "pemeran utama"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "main character",
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"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"alt": "しゅじんこう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shujinkō",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "主人公"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"alt": "主人公",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ju'in'gong",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "주인공"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
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"lang": "Malay",
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},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
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"sense": "main character",
"word": "watak utama"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "kiritoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hovedperson"
},
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{
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"sense": "main character",
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{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
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"word": "bohater"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "główny bohater"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonista"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonist"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glávnyj gerój",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гла́вный геро́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glávnaja geroínja",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гла́вная герои́ня"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protagoníst",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "протагони́ст"
},
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"_dis1": "82 10 8",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protagonístka",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "протагони́стка"
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],
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"word": "huvudperson"
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{
"_dis1": "82 10 8",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "ana karakter"
},
{
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"word": "kahraman"
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{
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "holovnýj herój",
"sense": "main character",
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],
"word": "головни́й геро́й"
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"roman": "holovná herojínja",
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"word": "головна́ герої́ня"
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{
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"roman": "protahoníst",
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},
{
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"alt": "男正",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nam chính"
},
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"A leading person in a contest; a principal performer."
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"sense": "leading person in a contest",
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"word": "hoofdrolspeler"
},
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"sense": "leading person in a contest",
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"feminine"
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"word": "protagonista"
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"word": "πρωταγωνιστής"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "movil",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "מוֹבִיל"
},
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"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"word": "főszereplő"
},
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"word": "watak utama"
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"word": "kiritoa"
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"An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action."
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[
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[
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[
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"(proscribed) An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action."
],
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"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonista"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "advocate",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "förespråkare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "advocate",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "förkämpe"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Penguin Books",
"The Independent",
"The Sense of Style",
"protagonist"
],
"word": "protagonist"
}
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