protag

English

Noun

protag (plural protags)

1. (informal, fiction, writing) Clipping of protagonist.

   Synonym: MC (“main character”)

   Antonym: antag (“antagonist”)

   • 2008, Robert Brewer, The Craft & Business Of Writing, page 116:

     When things have gotten as bad as they can get for the protags, with seemingly no way out, just as they are about to be overpowered by the superior horrific force, something enables them to triumph […]

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