Protagonist: alternatives and connections

One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

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A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a fa…

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Making proposals; proposing.

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One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.

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United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.

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Same as Indorser.

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One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman;…

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Alt. of Indorsor

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A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and…

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A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defen…

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The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.

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One who maintains.

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An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.

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A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist.

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A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Tur…

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The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not suppor…

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One who, or that which, ratifies; a confirmer.

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A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

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One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.

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Alt. of Stalworth

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One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing.

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One who, or that which, sustains.

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One who sympathizes.

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One who toasts.

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One who trusts, or credits.

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A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.

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One who, or that which, verifies.

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One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything.

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One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler.

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Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.

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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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Violent contest or striving.

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Violent contest or striving.

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One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly.

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One who contends for the prize in public games.

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To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.

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One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate ass…

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One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.

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