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"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonist"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonista"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "protagonistka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bohater"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "główny bohater"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonista"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonist"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glávnyj gerój",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гла́вный геро́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glávnaja geroínja",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гла́вная герои́ня"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protagoníst",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "протагони́ст"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protagonístka",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "протагони́стка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonista"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "huvudperson"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "protagonist"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "ana karakter"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "kahraman"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "holovnýj herój",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "головни́й геро́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "holovná herojínja",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "головна́ герої́ня"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "protahoníst",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "протагоні́ст"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "protahonístka",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "протагоні́стка"
},
{
"alt": "男正",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nam chính"
},
{
"alt": "女正",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "main character",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nữ chính"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "main character",
"word": "nhân vật chính"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mutaṣaddir",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مُتَصَدِّر"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonista"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hoofdrolspeler"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hoofdrolspeelster"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonista"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "protagonistís",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πρωταγωνιστής"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "movil",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מוֹבִיל"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"word": "főszereplő"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"word": "protagonis"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"word": "watak utama"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"word": "kiritoa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonista"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "protagonistka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonista"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "leading person in a contest",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "advocate",
"word": "esitaistelija"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "advocate",
"word": "uranuurtaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "advocate",
"word": "edelläkävijä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "advocate",
"word": "tienraivaaja"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "advocate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonist"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "advocate",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "protagonista"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "advocate",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"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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