deuteragonist

Ancient Greek δευτεραγωνιστής (deuteragōnistḗs, literally “second actor”), originally in Greek drama, from ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”).

Surface analysis deuter- (“second”) +‎ agonist (“combatant, participant”).

deuteragonist (plural deuteragonists)

1. A person in a secondary role, specifically the second most important character (after the protagonist).

Much less commonly used in everyday speech than protagonist – while protagonist is a common term, deuteragonist is technical.

• sidekick

• protagonist
• tritagonist

• antagonist

• IPA^(key): /deuteraɡǒnist/
• Hyphenation: de‧u‧te‧ra‧go‧nist

deuteragònist m (Cyrillic spelling деутераго̀нист)

1. deuteragonist

• “deuteragonist” in Hrvatski jezični portal